Saint Hosius the Confessor, Bishop of Córdoba
Saint Hosius the Confessor was bishop for more than sixty years in the city of Córdoba (Spain) during the fourth century. The holy emperor Saint Constantine the Great (306-337) deeply revered him and made him a privy counselor. The saint advised Saint Constantine to convene the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in 325, and he was the first to sign the acts of this Council.
After the death of Saint Constantine the Great, Saint Hosius defended Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (May 2) against the emperor Constantius (337-361), an advocate of the Arian heresy. Because of this, they sent him to prison in Sirmium.
Saint Hosius died in the year 359 after his return to Córdoba.