Saints celebrated on the 18th of May
VIOLANTIA, VIRGIN OF CORDOBA
Violantia [Violeta, Violetta] is remembered on May 18 and February 9. This holy lady from Cordoba belonged to the Third Order of Saint Francis. She died in the odour of sanctity in A.D. 1576 in Murcia, where she had founded a monastery in honour of the veil of Jesus [the veil of Veronica] (IV. 135).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 736)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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