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Elias of Córdoba
elderly priest and martyr at Córdoba
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Feast: 17 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, the holy martyrs Elias, an elderly priest, and Paul and Isidore, monks still young in years, killed during the persecution by the Moors for having professed the Christian faith.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 April as an elderly priest killed at Córdoba during the persecution by the Moors for professing the Christian faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5ead0ae5 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.