Name
Acisclus, martyr of Córdoba, Spain
Saint ID
S00487
Number in BH
BHL 26-27
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00801 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IV) on the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-eastern Hispania, S00485), lists the saintly patrons of various places in Hispania, Gaul and North Africa, who will be presented by their cities at the Last Judgement, and singles out Zaragoza for special praise, because of the number of its martyrs. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E01652 | Isidore of Seville, in his History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi (45), describes the punishment of Agila, king of the Goths, who profaned the shrine of the local martyr Acisclus (S00487) in Córdoba (southern Hispania) in 549. Written in Latin in Seville (southern Hispania), shortly after 625. | E04867 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 June. | E05023 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 November. |
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