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Lucretia

Christian saint

SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Born
unknown
Died
859
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, Saint Lucretia, virgin and martyr, who, born of a Moorish family, advanced secretly in the faith of Christ and, arrested in a house together with Saint Eulogius, was beheaded four days after his martyrdom, thus passing into eternal glory.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 15 March as a virgin and martyr of Moorish family beheaded at Córdoba four days after Saint Eulogius.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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