The sacred space 'okupation': The Immigrant Saints in Cornellà

Abstract

The cult and ritual to the aragonese saints Nunilo and Alodia migrated in early Middle Ages to Navarra and later on, to Andalusia (S.XV). In a parallel way, their relics followed the diffussion of this devotion. A second movement of migration leaded some andalusian groups, in the XX th century, to several big capitals far from their villages: Madrid, Valencia, Murcia and Barcelona. These groups developped their ancient rituals and devotion to the Saints as a central part of their heritage and at the same time, they reformulated the new environment in order to fit the new landscapes with their common memory.