Martyr
Pomposa of Córdoba
A nun slain for Christ at Córdoba in 853.
- Feast
- September 19old style October 2
- Reposed
- 8539th century
- Place
- Cordoba
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Pomposa of Córdoba was a nun at Peñamelaria near Córdoba in Spain, and she was beheaded by the Moors at Córdoba in the year 853. She is commemorated on 19 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of her life.
Commemorated the same day September 19
Theodore of CanterburySaint · Archbishop of CanterburySep 19
Theodore the BlackRight-Believing · Prince of Smolensk and YaroslavlSep 19
Goeric of MetzSaint · Bishop of MetzSep 19
Prochorus of PčinjaVenerable · Monk of PčinjaSep 19
The 156 Martyrs of PalestineMartyrSep 19
Trophimus, Sabbatius and DorymedonHoly Martyrs · Martyrs of SynnadaSep 19
Lantpert of FreisingSaint · Bishop of FreisingSep 19
Alexis of Zosima HermitageVenerable · Elder of Zosima HermitageSep 19
Constantine GolubevHieromartyr · Archpriest at BogorodskSep 19
Konstantin UlemetsRight-Believing · Prince of YaroslavlSep 19
David FyodorovichRight-Believing · Prince of YaroslavlSep 19- Nicholas of IskrivkaHieromartyrSep 19