Abstract
The figure of Eulalia (or Eulália in Portuguese) appears at several key moments in the cultural history of “Iberophone” societies.1 At each turn, Eulalia is associated with utopia and utopian impulses. And at each turn, the story of Eulalia results in almost unspeakable barbarity. The first appearance is that of Saint Eulalia of Barcelona (ca. AD 290–303), who may have been the same person as Saint Eulalia of Mérida (ca. AD 290–304). Although there is no historical record to prove it, the hagiographies of both martyrs are strikingly similar.
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Read, J. (2011). Eulalia in Utopia. In: Beauchesne, K., Santos, A. (eds) The Utopian Impulse in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230339613_6
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