Zoilus

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SS. ZOILUS AND COMR, MM.

(4TH CENT.)

[Roman and Spanish Martyrologies. Authority :— Mention in the Martjrologics and Acts, which are late and spurious.]

Zoilus, martyr of Cordova, in Spain, was arrested in the persecution of Diocletian. After having endured various tortures, he was decapitated with twenty-nine others. A church was built at Cordova in his honour, and his relics are there preserved. Seven of the company suspiciously enough bear the names of the seven sons of S. Symphorosa, and in the same order.

Biographical overview

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.