Martyr
Martyrs Acisclus and Victoria of Corduba
† 303–305
Also known as: Виктория Кордубская, Виктория Кордовская, Ацискл Кордубский, Ацискл и Виктория Кордовские, Мц. Виктория Кордубская
A brother and sister from Corduba in Spain, martyred under Diocletian: Acisclus was beheaded and Victoria shot with arrows.
The holy martyrs Acisclus and Victoria, brother and sister, were natives of Corduba (modern Córdoba) in Spain or its neighbourhood and led a righteous Christian life. They most probably suffered at the beginning of the 4th century under Diocletian (303–305); a dating to about 204, under Septimius Severus, is considered less likely.
Summoned before the official Dion, they were tortured; Acisclus was beheaded in the city amphitheatre and Victoria was shot with arrows. A noblewoman named Minciana took their remains out of the city and buried them on her estate, where a church and later, in the 13th century, a monastery were built. In Spain they are invoked as protectors during thunderstorms.
The Russian Orthodox Church commemorates them on 17 November (30 November new style). In December 2018 the Holy Synod established the Synaxis of the Saints of Spain and Portugal, kept on the Sunday before 12 October (new style), and included the Martyr Victoria of Corduba in it.