ST FLORA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR -24 NOVEMBER

SAINT FLORA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR

In the reign of Abderramene II, king of the Saracens at Cordoba (Cordova) in Spain, Saint Flora, because she was of Mahometan extraction by her father, but had been secretly instructed in the faith by her mother, was impeached by her own brother before the cadi, or judge of the city.

This magistrate caused her to be scourged, and beaten on the head till in some parts her scull was bare. Then he put her into the hands of her brother, that he might overcome her resolution.

SHE MADE HER ESCAPE

After some time she made her escape over a high wall, and took shelter with a sister at Ossaria.

Having lain concealed some time, she ventured back to Cordova, and prayed publicly in the church of St Aciclus, the martyr.

There she met with Mary, sister to the deacon Valabonsus, who had lately received the crown of martyrdom.

THEY WERE CONFINED TO A DUNGEON

The zealous virgins agreed to present themselves in the court of the cadi, by whose order they were apprehended, and confined to a close dungeon, where no one had access to them but certain impious lewd women.

St Eulogius, who was at that time detained in another prison, wrote and sent to them his Exhortation to Martyrdom. After a third examination, the cadi commanded them both to be beheaded. The sentence was executed on the same day, on November 24, 851. They are named in the Roman Martyrology.

From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

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HER ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

"At Cordova [Cordoba], the saintly virgins and martyrs Flora and Mary, who were for a long time confined in prison and slain with the sword, in the persecution of the Arabs."

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Flora
confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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