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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