14 June 2009

Anastasius of Córdoba

14 June

Anastasius, deacon and martyr of Córdoba, Spain, beheaded in 853. A deacon of the church of Saint Acisclus in Córdoba, Anastasius became a Benedictine monk at the double monastery of Tábanos nearby. He was beheaded by order of the caliph with the monk Felix and the nun Digna, at Córdoba in 853.

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