Sancio
Young layman, martyr of the Moorish persecution at Córdoba
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 5 June records that at Córdoba in Andalusia in Spain, Blessed Sancio, a martyr, was brought as a boy from the town of Albi as a prisoner and was educated at the king's court, and that during the persecution by the Moors he did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom for faith in Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom for faith in Christ during the persecution by the Moors.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.