The martyrs of Cordova (A.D. 850, etc.) are commemorated and justified by St. Eulogius, who at length fell a victim himself. A synod, convened by the caliph, ambiguously censured their rashness. The moderate Fleury cannot reconcile their conduct with the discipline of antiquity,
toutefois l'autorite de l'eglise, etc. (Fleury, Hist. Eccles. tom. x. p. 415-522, particularly p. 451, 508, 509).
Their authentic acts throw a strong, though transient, light on the Spanish church in the 9th century.