Xueta Christianity ( Catalan: cristianisme xueta) is a syncretic religion on the island of Majorca, Spain followed by the Xueta people, who are descendants of persecuted Jews who were converts to Christianity. [1] Traditionally, the church of Saint Eulalia and the church of Montesión ( Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca have been used by the families of Jewish converts ( Xuetas), and both are the centers of Xueta religious ritual life. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Palma's Mont Zion Church was once the main synagogue of Palma de Mallorca. [6] It is estimated that there are roughly 20,000 Chuetas living on the island of Majorca today, and they practiced strict endogamy by marrying only within their own group. [7]
The Xueta had their own church—St Eulalia's—in their barrio, with a Xueta priest, and their own cofraternity (the Cross of Calvary) to march in the Holy Week procession.
Xueta Christianity ( Catalan: cristianisme xueta) is a syncretic religion on the island of Majorca, Spain followed by the Xueta people, who are descendants of persecuted Jews who were converts to Christianity. [1] Traditionally, the church of Saint Eulalia and the church of Montesión ( Mount Zion) in Palma de Mallorca have been used by the families of Jewish converts ( Xuetas), and both are the centers of Xueta religious ritual life. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Palma's Mont Zion Church was once the main synagogue of Palma de Mallorca. [6] It is estimated that there are roughly 20,000 Chuetas living on the island of Majorca today, and they practiced strict endogamy by marrying only within their own group. [7]
The Xueta had their own church—St Eulalia's—in their barrio, with a Xueta priest, and their own cofraternity (the Cross of Calvary) to march in the Holy Week procession.