Saint Emilas of Cordoba

Also known as

• Emile

Memorial

• 15 September

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Deacon. Friend of and fellow student with Saint Jeremias at Cordova, Spain during a time when the city was under Moorish control. The two were very open about their Christianity. Martyred in the persecutions of Caliph Abderrahman.

Died

• beheaded in 852 in Cordova, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Emilas of Cordoba”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 November 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-emilas-of-cordoba/>