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PS: This is a work of "scholarship" and in that sense its analytical style and not a testament of faith. But it did reveal an episode of history I did not know about and now I must add the work of St. Eulogius of Cordova to my readings.

Memorial 11 March

Profile Son of a Cordoban senatorial family. Well educated. Priest. Head of an ecclesiastical school. Worked to comfort and support Christian martyrs and their survivors during Islamic persecutions. Arrested several times for his faith, he wrote Exhortation to Martyrdom while during one of his imprisonments. Appointed to succeed the Archbishop of Toledo, but was never consecrated. Imprisoned after he gave shelter to Saint Leocritia of Cordoba, he preached the Gospel in court, then in front of the king's counsel. Martyr.

Died scourged and beheaded 11 March 859 at Cordoba, Spain

Patronage carpenters, coppersmiths

Writings
Memorial of the Saints
Exhortation to Martyrdom
Apologia

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PPS: It was not as anti-Catholic as one would assume from your post based on my quick reading of it just now. The author is just trying to figure out why these martyrs would test the Muslims this way - that he can not understand outright why should not hold one back from reading what happened.

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I would most certainly like to get the work of St. Eulogius that Wolf is "analyzing". That, I think, would be a worthy read.

I would add that I am not saying that only the writings of the Saints are worth reading, but unless I have spare time on my hands I am not going to pick up a book by someone who attacks the faith.

I will leave that to those who study these sorts of things and can sort fact from fiction.