Juan de Castillo (Jesuit)
Saint Juan de Castillo | |
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Saints Juan de Castillo, Roque González, and Alfonso Rodríguez, Jesuit martyrs at Paraguay. Painting at Belmonte Collegiate, where Juan del Castillo was born. | |
| Born | 14 September 1595 Belmonte, Cuenca |
| Died | 17 November 1628 (aged 52) |
| Beatified | 28 January 1934 |
| Canonized | 16 May 1988 by John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Caibaté |
| Feast | 17 November |
| Attributes | Martyr-saint |
Juan de Castillo (14 September 1595 – 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.