Isidore of Cordoba

Isidore of Cordoba was a young monk who suffered as a martyr at Cordoba in Spain in the year 856, together with the priest Elias and the monk Paul. The Greek synaxarion says only that the three suffered at Cordoba.

According to western sources, Elias was a priest of advanced age, and Paul and Isidore, young monks and his disciples, were put to death by the Arab authorities for the confession of their faith. Saint Eulogius of Cordoba, who lived in those days, wrote down their sufferings. The Church of Greece commemorates them on 30 April (new style); western calendars commemorate them on 17 April.