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Peter the Priest of Cordoba
priest and martyr at Córdoba
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Feast: 7 June (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 Peter, priest, Walabonsus, deacon, Sabinian, Wistremundus, Habentius and Jeremiah, monks, who during the persecution by the Moors died with their throats cut for Christ.
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 7 June among those who died with their throats cut for Christ at Córdoba during the persecution by the Moors.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5d685339 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.