Santa Eugènia ( Catalan pronunciation: [səntəwˈʒɛ.ni(ə)] ) is a small municipality in the comarca of Pla de Mallorca on Majorca , one of the Balearic Islands , Spain.
6-656: Named after Saint Eugenia of Rome . In prehistoric times, the area was settled by the Talaiotic Culture . After the Moorish conquest of Iberia , it was ruled by the Berber Zenata people, until it was captured by King James I of Aragon in 1229. This article about a location in the Balearic Islands is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eugenia of Rome Eugenia of Rome (died c AD 258)
12-559: A dream and told her that she would die on the Feast of the Nativity. She was beheaded on December 25, 258. There is a small village in the north of Portugal with the name of Santa Eugenia that contains a church with a painting of Saint Eugenia dressed as a boy in Roman-era attire. A local legend states that Eugenia passed through this area on a nearby Roman road and through Moure , which lies at
18-495: A major intersection of ancient Roman roads. There is also a tomb dating from about 1000 AD in the city of Barcelos , high on a hill that reads "tomb of Saint Eugenia." It is possible that this tomb is the tomb of Eugenia. During the Middle Ages , some saints were moved from Rome to the outer parts of Europe by monks. Patrick J. Geary, in his work Furta Sacra , states that "on April 5, 838, a monk named Felix appeared at Fulda with
24-415: The persecution of Valerian . She was said to have been the daughter of Philip , "duke" of Alexandria and governor of Egypt . She had fled her father's house dressed in men's clothing and was baptized by Helenus, bishop of Heliopolis . She later became an abbot , still pretending to be a man. As the story goes, while she was an abbot and still dressing like a man, she cured a woman of an illness, and when
30-615: The woman made sexual advances, which she rebuffed, the woman accused her publicly of adultery. She was taken to court, where, still disguised, she faced her father as the judge. At the trial, her real female identity was revealed and she was exonerated. Her father converted to the faith and became Bishop of Alexandria but the emperor had him executed for this. Eugenia and her remaining household moved to Rome where she converted many, especially maidens, but this did not prevent their martyrdom. Protus and Hyacinth were beheaded on September 11, 258, and Eugenia followed suit after Christ appeared to her in
36-686: Was an early Christian Roman martyr whose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in the Roman Catholic Church , on December 24 (January 6, New Style ) in the Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Church , and on January 23 in the Armenian Apostolic Church . She is included in the Golden Legend . Her legend states that she was converted by and martyred with Protus and Hyacinth , her Chamberlains , during
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