Martyr
Luis of Córdoba
A martyr at Córdoba in Spain under Arab rule.
Life
Luis of Córdoba was a layman and martyr in Córdoba, in Muslim-ruled Spain, put to death on 30 April 855, in the time of the emir Muhammad I.
He was executed together with the priest Amator, a native of Martos near Córdoba, and the monk Peter, for confessing the Christian faith and speaking against Islam. Luis was the brother of the martyr Paul, the deacon of Saint Zoilus, killed in 851.
He is remembered on 30 April. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honored mostly in the West; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.
Commemorated the same day April 30
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Eutropius of SaintesSaint · First Bishop of SaintesApr 30
Donatus of EuroeaSaint · Bishop of Euroea in EpirusApr 30
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