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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: carpenters, coppersmiths
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