Saint Eurosia
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- 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
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against bad weather
Jaca, Spain, diocese of
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