22 October

. . . .is in the old martyrologies the feast of St. Salome, the mother of the Apostles James and John and the daughter of St. Mary of Cleophas. On this day is also kept the memory of two martyrs of the Mohammedans. From Omer Engelbert's Lives of the Saints: "St. Alodia and her sister St. Nunilona. . .were daughters of a Christian woman who had remarried a Moor of importance. So much did their stepfather importune them, that they were compelled to take refuge with their aunt at Huesca. They were found there when the persecution of Abd-er-Rahman II broke out, and from there they were brought to toruture (d. 851).