5th century. According to legend, Quiteria was the daughter of a Spanish
Galician prince who fled to escape his demand that she marry and give up
her Christianity. His followers found her at Aire, Gascony, and on his
orders, beheaded her there. Quiteria is greatly venerated along the
borders of France and Spain, especially in Spanish and French Navarre
(Benedictines,
Delaney).