Saint Abundius of Ananelos

Memorial

• 11 July

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Priest at Ananelos, Spain during the Moorish occupation. For preaching against Islam, he was dragged before the caliph at Cordoba who ordered him to abandon Christianity; he refused. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded in 854 at Cordoba, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Abundius of Ananelos”. Saints.SQPN.com. April 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-abundius-of-ananelos/>