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Acisclus
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
313
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, Saint Acisclus, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 November as a martyr of Córdoba.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3561124 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Acisclus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.