Saint Eurosia

Also known as

• Orosia

Memorial

• 25 June

Profile

Born to the nobility. Promised in an arranged marriage to a Moor, she hid in a cave, but the smoke from her fire gave away her position. She was dragged from the cave by her hair and martyred. Very popular cultus througout southern France and northern Italy.

Died

• 714

Canonized

• 1902 by Pope Leo XIII

Patronage

• against bad weather
• Jaca, Spain, diocese of

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eurosia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 December 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <>