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Casilda of Toledo
Christian saint
SaintFull write-upal-AndalusDate unknown
Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the locality of San Vicente near Briviesca in Castile in Spain, Saint Casilda, virgin, who, born into the Muslim religion, mercifully helped the Christians held in prison and afterwards lived as a Christian in a hermitage.
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 9 April as a virgin, born a Muslim, who helped imprisoned Christians and later lived as a Christian in a hermitage.
Connected on this site
- Elizabeth of Hungary Saint“Like Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Portugal, the miracle of the roses was attached to her legend.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1236283 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Casilda of Toledo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.