[3] Victoria and Acisclus are considered the first saints of Cordoba,[4] and are celebrated on 17 November, (thought their feast day was previously 27 June).

One tenth century passio relates that the Roman prefect of Córdoba, Dion, an "iniquitous persecutor of Christians," had Acisclus and Victoria cast into a fiery furnace.

However, when he heard Acisclus and Victoria sing songs of joy from within the furnace, Dion had them bound to stones and cast into the Guadalquivir.

Victoria and Acisclus are patron saints of Córdoba, and their cult was venerated throughout Spain and southern France, especially in Provence.

[5] According to Jesuit priest Martin de Roa (1559–1637), Victoria and Asisclus's blood sanctified the land in Córdoba creating the possibility of future miracles and prosperity.