Saint Pomposa

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• 19 September

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Nun at Peñamelaria, Spain during the period of Moorish occupation of Spain. Martyred for her faith by order of the Emir of Córdoba, Spain.

Died

• beheaded in 853 in Córdoba, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pomposa”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-pomposa/>