Holy Martyrs
Adolphus and John
Martyrs of Seville in Spain, put to death for Christ around 850.
- Feast
- September 27old style October 10
- Reposed
- 8509th century
- Place
- Seville
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The Holy Martyrs Adolphus and John were two brothers born at Seville in Spain, of a Moorish father and a Christian mother. They were put to death for Christ at Córdoba in the time of Abd al-Rahman II, around 850. They are commemorated on 27 September, as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
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