St. Eulalia, Patroness of Madrid, Secularized

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
  • Media
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Expression

An initiative driven by Ignasi Ventura Diaz hopes to reinstate the cross symbol on images of St. Eulalia, patroness of Madrid. Currently, public images of the saint contain a young girl on an eagle instead of the traditional cross upon which the saint was crucified at the age of thirteen. Groups such as e-Christians wish for the City Council to acknowledge the Christian roots of St. Eulalia, currently called “La Laia”, a nickname which also hides the Christian roots of the city’s patroness.