Saint Zoilus
Saint Zoilus | |
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 Córdoba, Ermita de San Zoilo, statue of the saint over the portal | |
| Martyr | |
| Died | AD 304 Córdoba, Spain |
| Venerated in | Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | San Zoilo de Carrión at Carrión de los Condes |
| Feast | 27 June,[1] 22 December (Eastern Christianity)[2] |
Saint Zoilus (died 304 AD) is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a young man martyred with nineteen others at Córdoba, Spain, during the Great Persecution under Diocletian.
Veneration
[edit]His name is mentioned by Prudentius and his name appears in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum as well as the Roman Martyrology.
His relics were enshrined at the abbey named after him: the Benedictine abbey of San Zoilo de Carrión at Carrión de los Condes, in the Province of Palencia. There was also a monastery near Córdoba dedicated to him. Some of the subsequent Martyrs of Córdoba were associated with this monastery.
His feast was also celebrated at Chester;[3] he was anciently and incorrectly considered to have reigned by the city's inhabitants.
References
[edit]- ^ "Feast Days – June". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Άγιος Ζωΐλος" (in Greek). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Zoilus – The Oxford Dictionary of Saints – HighBeam Research
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