Saint Flora of Cordoba

Memorial

• 24 November

Profile

Born to Muslim parents. She and her mother converted to Christianity – Flora was raised Christian, her brother Muslim. She was often abused at home for her faith. She took a private vow of chastity, and ministered to Christian prisoners. When her parents announced an arranged marriage to an Islamic man, Flora and her Christian friend Mary ran away, briefly hiding with the home of Flora’s sister. The sister, however, feared being accused of harboring Christians, and threw the two out. Her brother publicly betrayed her to the Islamic authorities. She was imprisoned and scourged, escaped, was recaptured, and martyred as part of the persecutions of Abderrahman II.

Born

• Cordoba, Spain

Died

tortured and beheaded by Moors in 851 or 856 (sources vary on the year) in Cordoba, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• abandoned people
• betrayal victims
• converts
• martyrs
• single laywomen

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Flora of Cordoba”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 November 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-flora-of-cordoba/>