The Sequence of Saint Eulalia (La Séquence de Ste. Eulalie) is the earliest surviving piece of French hagiography and one of the earliest extant vernacular writings, dating from around 880. A Latin version also exists from the same time. Hagiography is the study of saints. ... For other uses, see number 880. ...

Saint Eulalia was an early Christian martyr from Mérida, Spain, who was killed during Diocletian's repressions around 304. Her legend is preserved in the 29 lines of the Sequence, in which she resists pagan threats, bribery and torture from the pagan emperor Maximian. Finally she is burned at the stake, but miraculously survives, but is then decapitated (in the French version). She then ascends to heaven in the form of a dove. Mérida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. ... Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245-313 AD), born Diocles, was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305. ... Events Major Wu Hu (barbarian) uprising in China; the Hun Liu Yuan establish the Han kingdom, beginning the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. ... Maximian on a coin (295–296 AD) Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus (c. ...

It was composed around 880 in honor of the supposed discovery of her bones in Barcelona in 878. For other uses, see number 880. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and the countrys second-largest city (after Madrid). ... Events The Danes force king Alfred the Great of Wessex to retreat to a fort in Athelney, Somerset. ...

References

• F.J. Barnett, "Some Notes to the Sequence of St. Eulalia", in Studies in Medieval French, 1961.
• Jeanette M. A. Beer (1989). "Eulalie, La Séquence de Ste.". Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Vol-4. ISBN 0684170248