August 20th

Saint Leovigild and Christopher, Martyrs of Córdoba

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Córdoba, Spain · d. 852

At Córdoba in the region of Andalusia in Spain, the holy martyrs Leovigild and Christopher, monks, who in the persecution of the Moors freely confessed Christ before the judge, and therefore received the palm of martyrdom by beheading.

Latin Original

Córdube in Vandalícia Hispánize regióne, sanctórum mártyrum Leovigíldi et Christóphori, monachórum, qui, in Maurórum persecutióne, sponte coram iüdice Christum proféssi sunt, quaprópter cápitis abscissióne martyrii palmam accepérunt.