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Martyr

Liliosa of Córdoba

A martyr at Córdoba in Spain in 852.

Feast
July 27old style August 9
Reposed
8529th century
Place
Córdoba
Order
Martyrs

Life

Liliosa of Córdoba was a martyr in Córdoba, in Muslim-⁠ruled Spain, beheaded on 27 July 852 together with her husband Felix, in the time of the emir Abd ar-⁠Rahman II.

She and Felix had kept their Christian faith in secret, though their mixed origin meant that the law counted them as Muslims. When it was discovered they did not recant but kept confessing the faith even in prison. For this steadfastness they were executed. With them died the couple Aurelius and Natalia and the deacon George.

Liliosa is remembered on 27 July in the calendar of the Western Church and is counted among the martyrs of Córdoba. She is a saint of the undivided Church, with no known Orthodox synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day July 27