Juan de Castillo (Jesuit)

Not to be confused with João de Castilho, an Iberian architect also known as Juan de Castillo.
Saint

Juan de Castillo

S.J.
Saints Juan de Castillo, Roque González, and Alfonso Rodríguez, Jesuit martyrs at Paraguay. Painting at Belmonte Collegiate, where Juan del Castillo was born.
Born(1596-09-14)14 September 1596
Belmonte, Cuenca
Died17 November 1628(1628-11-17) (aged 32)
Beatified28 January 1934
Canonized16 May 1988 by John Paul II
Major shrineCaibaté
Feast17 November
AttributesMartyr-saint

Juan de Castillo (14 September 1596 – 17 November 1628) was a Jesuit priest and missionary, and a martyr-saint of the Catholic Church. A Spaniard, he was one of the first to labor at the Jesuit reductions in Paraguay.

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