Saint John de Castilo

Memorial
17 November
Profile
Jesuit missionary in Paraguay and Brazil. Worked with and martyred with Saint Rocco Gonzalez and Saint Alphonsus Rodriquez. One of the Jesuit Martyrs of Paraguay.
Died
martyred in 1628 at Caaro, Brazil, just as he finished celebrating Mass
Beatified
1934
Canonized
1988 by Pope John Paul II
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia: Paraguay
John Paul II's Book of Saints, by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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