George the Deacon and Aurelius of Córdoba

George the Deacon and Aurelius of Córdoba were martyrs of Córdoba in Muslim-⁠ruled Spain, put to death around 852 under the emir Abd ar-⁠Rahman II. They are remembered on 27 July in the Western calendar, together with Felix, Natalia (Sanigotho) and Liliosa.

Aurelius and Felix came from Iberian families of mixed religion, so Islamic law counted them as Muslims. Together with their wives, Natalia and Liliosa, they had kept their Christian faith in secret. When it came to light they were given four days to recant, and since they would not, they were condemned as apostates.

The deacon George was a monk from Palestine who had been arrested along with the two couples. As a foreigner he was offered a pardon, but he chose to confess Christ again and to die with the others.

Their story is known from the writings of the priest Eulogius of Córdoba, who recorded the sufferings of the martyrs of those years. They are honored as saints of the undivided Church, above all in the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.