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Cucuphas
Spanish saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
269
Died
304
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Barcelona in Spain, Saint Cucuphas, martyr, who, pierced by the sword during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, ascended victorious to heaven.
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 25 July as a martyr at Barcelona, killed by the sword in the persecution of Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2180902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cucuphas (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.