Born in 1360 in Zamora, but of Cordovan descent, the so-called St. Alvaro de Córdoba by popular devotion (he is blessed), and who had professed as a Dominican, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy.
When he returned to Cordoba, he founded the convent of Santo Domingo de Scala Coeli, which is considered the first convent of Stations of the Cross of the West, by transposing the Holy Places of Jerusalem, which is why he is the patron saint of the brotherhoods.
His pilgrimage to the Holy Land (1418-1420) was also intended to learn about the reform of the Order of Preachers realized by Blessed Raymond of Capua. He was appointed by Pope Martin V as the major superior of the reformed convents. His model of reform was Italian, inspired by St. Catherine of Siena and by the aforementioned Blessed Raymond of Capua. Raymond of Capua. His body is venerated in the same Cordovan convent.
The Roman presbyter St. Gabinus (Gabinius) was brother of the Pope san Cayoand father of Santa Susana. He was born of Christian parents, around the middle of the third century. When his wife died, he dedicated himself to the study of religion and wanted to become a priest. Imprisoned, and after six months of torments, after the martyrdom of his daughter Saint Susanna, he was also martyred, two months before his brother the pontiff Gaius. Saint Gabinus was buried in the cemetery of San Sebastian. He was beatified in 1741.
