Saint Turibius of Mogroveio

Also known as

• Turibius de Mongrovejo
• Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
• Turribius Alphonsus Mogrobejo

Memorial

• 23 March

Profile

Born to the nobility. Lawyer. Professor of law at Salamanca, Spain. Ordained in 1578 at age 40. Judge of the Court of the Inquisition at Granada, Spain. Archbishop of Lima, Peru on 15 May 1579. Founded the first seminary in the Western hemisphere. Fought for the rights of the natives against the Spanish masters. Organized councils and synods in the New World.

Born

• 1538 at Mayorga de Campos, Leon, Spain

Died

• 23 May 1606 at Santa, Peru of natural causes

Beatified

• 2 July 1679 by Pope Innocent XI

Canonized

• 10 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII

Patronage

• Latin American bishops
• native rights
• Peru

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Turibius of Mogroveio”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-turibius-of-mogroveio/>