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Saint Zoilus

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Saint Zoilus (d. 304 AD) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a young man martyred with nineteen others at Córdoba under Diocletian.

Veneration

His name is mentioned by Prudentius and his name appears in the Hieronymian Martyrology as well as the Roman Martyrology.

Their relics were enshrined at the abbey named after him: the Benedictine abbey of San Zoilo de Carrión at Carrión de los Condes, in the province of León.