Nov 17

Saint Juan del Castillo

November 17th XVII century Mártir Religioso Sacerdote

In Asuncion, Paraguay, saint Juan de el Castillo, priest of the society of Jesus and martyr, who was abused with cruel torments and finally in the town of reductions founded in the same year by saint Roque González and entrusted to their care, mandated by an individual fond of magic arts, stoned, dying for Christ.
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 Belmonte, Cuenca, in current Spain
Dead
November 17th 1628 in Asunción, in current Paraguay
Process
Celebration
November 17th
Religious
de la Compañía de Jesús