Bravery in the Face of Violence: Saint Eulalia
December 10 marks the Feast day of Saint Eulalia, the Patron Saint of runaways, torture victims and widows.
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Eulalia lived around 300 CE and is one of the youngest saints. At only twelve, she was martyred in Barcelona, Spain, for refusing to recant her Christianity and make offerings to the pagan gods. It is said that she suffered thirteen different tortures‚ including having her body torn with iron hooks, torches applied to her breasts and sides, and suffocation as her hair caught fire.