Overview
- El Imparcial marks the Catholic santoral for April 9 by highlighting the feast of Santa Casilda.
- Accounts describe her birth to a Muslim family near Briviesca in Castile and her decision to embrace Christianity.
- Tradition says she brought food to imprisoned Christians and cared for the sick and poor.
- She is remembered for choosing an eremitic life of prayer and contemplation after her conversion.
- Devotion to Santa Casilda presents her as a patron for the sick, with the santoral notice also listing other saints commemorated on the date.