Eulalia of Merida, Saint

Virgin (c.291 -304 ), martyred at an early age under Diocletian at Merida. At her death a white dove is said to have issued from her mouth and over her ashes, cast into a field, fell a pall of snow. She is very popular in Spain and is patroness of Merida and of Oviedo where her relics are preserved. Feast , 10 December .