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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 18th of April WELCOME! SAINT PERFECTUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR OF CORDOBA  This holy Martyr died in  Cordoba (Cordova) in 850 for the offence of confessing our Lord Jesus Christ. Although the fanatical hatred of the Saracens against the Christians was not nearly as violent in Spain as in the Orient and Africa, they still experienced a myriad of oppressions and vexations. They were also forced to learn and speak the Arabic language. Blasphemy against Mahommed and the Koran was punishable by death, and it was no big deal for the oppressors to target the Catholic priests - as they merely carried out their duties - and to execute them. This lot was also shared by the priest Perfectus ( Perfecto ) under the Khalif Abderrahman II (reigned from 812 to 852). Following his martyrdom, some Christians buried Perfectus' body in the Church of St Asciclus. His name is inserted in the Roman Martyrology* on April 18. His veneration h...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 18th of April WELCOME! SAINT PERFECTO OF CORDOBA, MARTYR  Saint Perfecto [ Perfectus ] is commemorated on April 18. He was a 9th century Spanish priest of  Cordoba , zealous in his preaching against infidelity. He was arrested by the Mohammedans, then masters of Spain, and put to death by them on Easter Sunday, A.D. 851. From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Perfecto 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.