Part I
According to the fourth-century account by Prudentius, Eulalia was “descended from one of the best families in Spain” and distinguished herself “from infancy” by “an admirable sweetness of temper, modesty, and devotion, a great love of the holy state of virginity, and by her seriousness and contempt of dress, ornaments, diversions, and worldly company.” In 304, when she was 12 (or in some accounts, 14), Eulalie suffered her martyrdom described like this: Dacian ordered that...
Eulalia’s Martyrdom In The History Of Art
According to the fourth-century account by Prudentius, Eulalia was “descended from one of the best families in Spain” and distinguished herself “from infancy” by “an admirable sweetness of temper, modesty, and devotion, a great love of the holy state of virginity, and by her seriousness and contempt of dress, ornaments, diversions, and worldly company.” In 304, when she was 12 (or in some accounts, 14), Eulalie suffered her martyrdom described like this: Dacian ordered that...
Eulalia’s Martyrdom In The History Of Art