May 24

Blessed John of Prado

May 24th XVII century

Name
Juan (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Juan use to celebrate 24-Jun:
Saint John the Baptist, nativity
Other saints
Other saints named Juan
Born
en Morgovejo, León, in current Spain
Dead
May 24th 1636 in current Morocco
Process
Celebration
May 24th
Religious
de la Orden de Frailes Menores
In Morocco, blessed John de Prado, priest of the order of the Friars Minor and martyr, who was sent to Africa to provide spiritual assistance to Christians reduced to slavery in the realms of the Saracens, but having been captured bravely confessed faith in Christ before the ruler Mulay al - Walid and mandated this, consummated the martyrdom by fire. Roman martyrology