Saint Juan de Castilo

Memorial: 17 November
Profile: Jesuit priest. One of the Martyrs of Paraguay.
Born: 1596
Died: martyred 1628 at Caaro, Brazil
Beatified: 1934
Canonized: 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Patronage: native traditions
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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