Theodemir of Córdoba

Saint Theodemir of Córdoba was a young Benedictine monk from Carmona near Seville in Spain, martyred at Córdoba on 25 July 851 under the emir Abd al-⁠Rahman II. He is the patron of the town of Carmona.

Most of what is known of him comes from the Memorial of the Saints by his contemporary Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, who calls him a young monk of Carmona. The information is scanty. Drawn by the clerical life of Córdoba, he came there and lived at the monastery of Saint Zoilus. Soon after his arrival he was brought before the qadi, who sentenced him to lashings; the punishment turned to stabbing and ended in beheading. His remains are buried in the monastery where he lived. He is commemorated on 25 July as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.