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ST JULIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR OF MERIDA - 10 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of December WELCOME! SAINT JULIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR OF MERIDA Saint Julia, (December 10), a virgin and martyr of Merida (Emerita) in Spain, was a faithful companion and close friend of  Saint Eulalia . The  Bollandists * list her among on February 26 among the Praetermissi (III. 626) as a martyr of Barcelona in Spain. However, in the Elenchus * and also in the  Roman Martyrology *, she is listed on December 10 as a martyr of Merida and as an inseparable companion of  Saint Eulalia  on her way to martyrdom. According to Donin* (VI. 394) she went to her eternal reward in 303. (El.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Julia may increase o...