Xueta Christianity (Catalan:cristianisme xueta) is asyncretic religion on the island ofMajorca,Spain followed by theXueta people, who are descendants of persecutedJews who wereconverts to Christianity.[1] Traditionally, the church of Saint Eulalia and the church of Montesión (Mount Zion) inPalma 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 mainsynagogue ofPalma de Mallorca.[6] It is estimated that there are roughly 20,000Chuetas living on the island ofMajorca today, and they practiced strictendogamy 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.
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