Veneration
The Church of Sainte-Quitterie in Aire-sur-l'Adour is dedicated to her. This church was on the pilgrimage route called the Way of St. James. Quiteria was especially venerated in the border region shared by France and Spain, which includes Navarre. However, her cult spread and there were many churches dedicated to her in France (such as at Lilhac), Spain, Portugal, India (Manakarai, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu and also at Kuthankuzhi, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu) and thus also in Brazil. In Tamil Nadu, India she is known in Tamil as Archista (saint) Kitheriammal. Her relics were situated at Aire-sur-l'Adour, but were scattered by the Huguenots.
The city of Santa Quitéria in Brazil is named after her.
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