Saint Abundius

Memorial: 11 July
Profile: Priest at Ananelos, Spain during the Moorish occupation. For preaching against Islam, he was dragged before the caliph at Cordoba. Abundius was ordered 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
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