Martin Cid
abbot of Bellofonte
Feast: 7 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Bellofonte in the kingdom of León, Blessed Martin, called Cid, abbot, who founded this monastery and joined it to the Cistercian Order.
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 7 October as the abbot who founded the monastery of Bellofonte and joined it to the Cistercian Order.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 7 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11935706 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.