Cucuphas
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Saint Cucuphas (also Cucufas or Qaqophas, , , , , , ) is a martyr of Spain. His feast day is 25 July but in some areas it is celebrated on 27 July to avoid conflict with the important feast day of Santiago, the patron saint of Spain. His name is said to be of Phoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes, he who likes to joke."
Key facts
- Saint.death_date
- ~304 AD
- Saint.feast_day
- 25 July
- Saint.name
- Cucuphas
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.birth_date
- 269
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Ayne Bru - Martyrdom of Saint Cucuphas - Google Art Project.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- The Martyrdom of Saint Cucuphas (Ayne Bru, 1504-7)
- Saint.birth_place
- Scillis
- Saint.death_place
- Sant Cugat del Vallès
- Saint.titles
- Martyr
- Saint.attributes
- Depicted being beheaded or having his throat cut
- Saint.patronage
- Hunchbacks; petty thieves
- Saint.major_shrine
- Sant Cugat; Saint-Denis
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- Image
- Ayne Bru - Martyrdom of Saint Cucuphas - Google Art Project.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cucuphas
- date of birth
- 0269-00-00
- date of death
- 0304-00-00
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- Relics
- Veneration in France
- Veneration in Spain
- Patronage
- Gallery
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Saint Cucuphas (also Cucufas or Qaqophas, , , , , , ) is a martyr of Spain. His feast day is 25 July but in some areas it is celebrated on 27 July to avoid conflict with the important feast day of Santiago, the patron saint of Spain. His name is said to be of Phoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes, he who likes to joke."
==Life== Cucuphas was born into a noble Christian family in Scillis (Africa Proconsularis). He and Saint Felix, later martyred at Girona, were said to have been deacons of the Catholic Church in Carthage who arrived at Barcelona to evangelize the area. According to his legend, he functioned as a merchant in Barcelona while preaching the Christian faith, baptizing converts, and aiding the Christian community there. According to Christian accounts of his life, he was generous with the poor and a worker of miracles.