Adolph of Cordoba

Who they were

Adolphus and John were Christian brothers from Seville, remembered as early martyrs of Cordoba under the Umayyad emir Abd al-Rahman II, some decades before the better-known wave of Cordoban martyrs of 850-859. According to the tradition recorded by Saint Eulogius, their father was Muslim and their mother, Artemia, was Christian; after their father's death, Artemia moved the family to Cordoba to practise her Christian faith more freely, and the brothers openly professed Christianity.

They were put to death at Cordoba for refusing to renounce their Christian faith; the exact year is uncertain, placed between about 822 and 825, though their feast is kept on 27 September. Their mother Artemia later entered the monastery of Cuteclara near Cordoba, where their sister Aurea also lived before she too was martyred in 856.

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

Christian brother from Seville, martyred at Cordoba around 822-825 for professing his mother's faith, one of the earliest of the Cordoban martyrs; feast 27 September.