Amator of Córdoba and Companions

The Holy Martyrs Amator of Córdoba and Companions were three Christians put to death for Christ in the year 855 at Córdoba, under the Muslim emirate: the priest Amator, the monk Peter and the layman Louis. They are commemorated on 30 April.

Amator was born at Martos near Córdoba and was ordained priest there. Together with the monk Peter and the layman Louis he publicly confessed the name of Christ, and the Saracens killed them for it. They are counted among the Martyrs of Córdoba of the decade 850 to 859, Christians condemned to death by the Muslim authorities of al-⁠Andalus.