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Sancio

Young layman, martyr of the Moorish persecution at Córdoba

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Born
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Died
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Beatified
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Who they were

The Roman Martyrology for 5 June records that at Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, Blessed Sancio, a martyr, was brought as a boy from the town of Albi as a prisoner and was educated at the king's court, and that during the persecution by the Moors he did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom for faith in Christ.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom for faith in Christ during the persecution by the Moors.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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