Blessed Juan
- Also known as
- John
- Memorial
- 23 September
- Profile
- Servant of Blessed Antonio.
Convert to Christianity.
One of the Three Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala.
- Born
- c.1516-1517 in Tizatlán, Tlaxcala, Mexico
- Died
- beaten to death with clubs in 1529 at Cuauhtinchán, Puebla, Mexico
- Venerated
- 3 March 1990 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 6 May 1990 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information related to the canonization of Blessed Juan, contact:
Obispado de Tlaxcala, Lardizábal 45, Apdo. Postal 84, 90000 Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, MEXICO
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- Readings
- With great joy I have also proclaimed as Blessed the three child martyrs of Tlaxcala: Juan, Juan and Juan.
At a tender age they were drawn to the words and witness of the missionaries and they became helpers, as catechists for other indigenous people.
They are sublime and instructive examples of how evangelization is a task of all God's People, excluding no one, not even children.
With the Church in Tlaxcala and in Mexico, I am pleased to be able to offer all of Latin America and the universal Church this example of child-like piety, of apostolic and missionary generosity, crowned by the grace of martyrdom.
- from the beatification homily of Pope John Paul II
