Saint Eulogius of Córdoba was one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. He lived during the reigns of the Cordovan emirs Abd ar-Rahman II and Muhammad I.
The Martyrdom of Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, at Córdoba Cathedral, by an unknown artist of the 17th century.
A silver reliquary containing the remains of Saints Eulogius and Leocritia of Cordoba, in Camara Santa, Oviedo Cathedral, Oviedo, Spain.
Abd al-Rahman II was the fourth Umayyad Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death in 852. A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts.
Eulogius of Córdoba
…of Córdoba (Spanish: San Eulogio de Córdoba (died 11 March 859)) was one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. He lived during the reigns of the Cordovan emirs Abd ar-Rahman II and Muhammad I (mid-9th century). In the ninth century, the Moorish conquerors of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula made Córdoba their capital…
Silver dirham coined during the reign of Abd al-Rahman II
Statue of Abd al-Rahman II in Murcia, Spain