Matrona of Barcelona

Matrona of Barcelona
Gothic altarpiece with Saints Matrona (left) and Eulalia (right), from a 16th century painter from Barcelona.

Matrona of Barcelona or Matrona of Thessalonica[1] (Catalan: Madrona, IPA: [məˈðɾonə]) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was recognized as a saint pre-congregation.

She lived in the third or fourth century.[1] She was a slave of the Jewish woman Pautila (or Pantilla), wife of one of the military commanders of Thessaloniki.[1] According to legend, she believed in Christ from her youth and Pautila constantly tried to convert her to Judaism.[1] She was a young girl who was martyred in Rome for ministering to Christians. No other information about her survived.[2]

She is venerated in Barcelona and other villages in Catalonia. She is patron saint of the Santa Madrona church in Barcelona, the Santa Madrona hermitage in the mountain of Montjuïc, as well as churches in the villages of Madrona (Pinell de Solsonès) and Móra d'Ebre.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Matrona of Thessalonica
  2. ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-matrona-of-barcelona/

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