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tomb cathedral of saint eulalia in the crypt of barcelona c. 303 barcelona , hispania 633 barcelona , hispania -lrb- spain -rrb- x-shaped cross , stake , and dove february -rrb- 12 -lrb- august 22 in the orthodox church 200px roman catholicism and eastern orthodoxy barcelona http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte3s.htm] , spain ; sailors ; against drought -lsb- c. 290 cathedral of santa eulalia , barcelona crypt of santa eulalia.jpg eulalia of barcelona
 saint eulalia of barcelona
eulalia of barcelona

saint eulalia -lrb- aulaire , aulazia , ollala , eulària -rrb- -lrb- c. 290 -- 12 february 303 -rrb- , co-patron saint of barcelona , was a 13-year-old roman christian virgin who suffered martyrdom in barcelona during the persecution of christians in the reign of emperor diocletian .
there is some dispute as to whether she is the same person as saint eulalia of mérida , whose story is similar .
for refusing to recant her christianity , the romans subjected her to thirteen tortures ; including : putting her into a barrel with knives -lrb- or glass -rrb- stuck into it and rolling it down a street -lrb- according to tradition , the one now called `` baixada de santa eulalia '' `` saint eulalia 's descent '' -rrb- .
cutting off her breasts crucifixion on an x-shaped cross .
she is depicted with this cross , the instrument of her martyrdom .
finally , decapitation .
a dove flew from her neck after decapitation .
this is one point of similarity with the story of eulalia of mérida , in which a dove flew from the girl 's mouth at the moment of her death .
in addition , eulalia of mérida 's tortures are sometimes enumerated among the barcelona martyrs , and the two were similar in age and year of death .
eulalia is commemorated with statues and street names throughout barcelona .
her body was originally interred in the church of santa maria de les arenes -lrb- st. mary of the sands ; now santa maria del mar , st. mary of the sea -rrb- .
it was hidden in 713 during the moorish invasion , and only recovered in 878 .
in 1339 , it was relocated to an alabaster sarcophagus in the crypt of the newly built cathedral of santa eulalia .
the festival of saint eulalia is held in barcelona for a week around her feast day on february 12 .
