Saint Roderick
Spanish saint
Feast: 13 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, the passion of Saints Roderick, priest, and Solomon, martyrs: the first, having refused to believe that Muhammad was a true prophet sent by the Almighty, was thrown into prison, where he met Solomon, who had earlier for some time adhered to the Muslim religion, and together they gloriously completed their trial by beheading.
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 13 March as a priest beheaded at Córdoba with Solomon.
- Roman Martyrology, 13 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2635887 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Roderick (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.