ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 18th of May WELCOME! 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