Saint Lillian of Cordoba

Also known as

• Liliosa

Memorial

• 27 July

Profile

Lay woman in Moorish controlled ninth-century Spain. Married to Saint Liliosa of Cordoba. A covert Christian who was careful not to display enough of her faith to risk the attention of Muslim neighbors. However, stories of the persecutions of active Christians shamed her into openly living his faith. Martyred in the persecutions of Caliph Abderraham II.

Born

• Spain

Died

• 852 in Cordoba, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Storefront

• medals and pendants

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lillian of Cordoba“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>