Saint Eulogius of Cordoba
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- Memorial
- 11 March
- Profile
- Son of a Cordoban senatorial family.
Well educated.
Priest.
Head of an ecclesiastical school.
Worked to comfort and support Christian martyrs and their survivors during Islamic persecutions.
Arrested several times for his faith, he wrote Exhortation to Martyrdom while during one of his imprisonments.
Appointed to succeed the Archbishop of Toledo, but was never consecrated.
Imprisoned after he gave shelter to Saint Leocritia of Cordoba, he preached the Gospel in court, then in front of the king's counsel.
Martyr.
- Died
- scourged and beheaded 11 March 859 at Cordoba, Spain
- Patronage
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carpenters
coppersmiths
- Writings
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Memorial of the Saints
Exhortation to Martyrdom
Apologia
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