Argymirus of Córdoba

Saint Argymirus of Córdoba was born at Cabra (ancient Egabro), near Córdoba in Spain, into a Mozarabic Christian family. He entered the service of the Muslim administration and became a censor, that is a high fiscal or judicial official, which shows his learning and reputation. He held a high position among the Muslims of the city, but he was deprived of his office on account of his faith and became a monk in a local Christian monastery.

In the time of the persecution of Christians in al-⁠Andalus under the emir Muhammad I, he openly confessed faith in Christ, renouncing Islam, and was summoned before a tribunal. Although advanced in age, he remained steadfast. He was tortured and beheaded on 28 June 856 at Córdoba. His body was displayed in public, then gathered up by Christians and buried in the church of Saint Acisclus at Córdoba. He is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba, whose lives were told by Saint Eulogius, a witness of those events. He is commemorated on 28 June as a saint of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.