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Benilde de Cordoue
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 15 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
853
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, Saint Benildis, martyr, who died, already advanced in years, during the persecution of the Moors.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 15 June as an elderly martyr of Córdoba under the Moors.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5725762 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.