Venerable Martyr
Leovigild
A monk martyred at Córdoba in Spain, who died in 852.
Life
Leovigild was a monk and pastor in Córdoba, in Muslim-ruled Spain, and received the crown of martyrdom on 20 August 852, in the time of the emir Abd ar-Rahman II.
The sources say that he was put to death at Córdoba together with Christopher, a monk of the monastery of Saint Martin at La Rojana, near the city. Both were condemned for openly confessing the Christian faith before the Muslim authorities. Their names are counted among the martyrs of Córdoba of the 9th century.
He is remembered on 20 August. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honored mostly in the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.
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