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'Saint Eugenia' (died c AD 258) was an early Christian Roman martyr whose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in the Roman Catholic Church and on December 24 in the Eastern Orthodox church. She is included in the ''Golden Legend''.
Her legend, considered apocryphal, states that she was converted by and martyred with Hyacinth and Protus, her chamberlains, during the persecution of Valerian. She was said to have been the daughter 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.
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 Saint Eugenia passed through this area on a nearby Roman road and through Moure, which lies at 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 Saint Eugenia. During the Middle Ages, saints were moved from Rome to the outer parts of Europe by monks attempting to raise money by selling relics. Patrick J. Geary, in his work ''Furta Sacra'', states that "on April 5, 838, a monk named Felix appeared at Fulda with the remains of Saints Cornelius, Callistus, Agapitus, Georgius, Vincentius, Maximus, Cecilia, Eugenia, Digna, Emerita, and Columbana."[1]
★ Icon of Saint Eugenia
★ St Luke's Orthodox Church
★ Catholic Online
★ Catholic Forum: Saint Eugenia
★ Golden Legend
1. Patrick J. Geary, ''Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages'' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), 48.
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Legend
Her legend, considered apocryphal, states that she was converted by and martyred with Hyacinth and Protus, her chamberlains, during the persecution of Valerian. She was said to have been the daughter 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.
Santa Eugenia
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 Saint Eugenia passed through this area on a nearby Roman road and through Moure, which lies at 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 Saint Eugenia. During the Middle Ages, saints were moved from Rome to the outer parts of Europe by monks attempting to raise money by selling relics. Patrick J. Geary, in his work ''Furta Sacra'', states that "on April 5, 838, a monk named Felix appeared at Fulda with the remains of Saints Cornelius, Callistus, Agapitus, Georgius, Vincentius, Maximus, Cecilia, Eugenia, Digna, Emerita, and Columbana."[1]
External links
★ Icon of Saint Eugenia
★ St Luke's Orthodox Church
★ Catholic Online
★ Catholic Forum: Saint Eugenia
★ Golden Legend
Notes
1. Patrick J. Geary, ''Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages'' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), 48.
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