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Eurosia (or Orosia) is the patron saint of Jaca a city in the province of Huesca of northeastern Spain in the Pyrenees the center of her cult. In Spain the Fiesta de Santa Orosia is celebrated on June 25. Tradition states that she was born in Bayonne (or perhaps Bohemia) and died in 714 martyred by the Moors at Jaca.Her legend states that she was of noble birth and promised to a Moor in an arranged marriage. Eurosia escaped and hid in a cave.
