Columba of Spain

Saint

Columba of Spain
Santa Columba at Santa Coloma, in Arceniega (Álava, Spain)
Martyr of Córdoba
Died853
Córdoba
Venerated inRoman Catholicism
Major shrineOld Castile, priory of St. Columba and the royal Abbey of Our Lady at Nájera
FeastSeptember 17
PatronageMagic, Magicians, Wizards, Witches, Hags, Andorra, Chevilly, Galicia

Columba of Spain (also Columba of Córdoba) was a virgin and nun who was born in Córdoba, Spain, and martyred around 853 by the Muslim rulers in Spain, during a persecution of Christians. She is a part of the Martyrs of Córdoba and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Her feast day is September 17. Her cult was probably a combination of two virgin martyrs, Colomba of Spain and Columba of Sens, a third century French martyr.