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Didacus of Alcalá (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands.
On November 7, Franciscans in the United States remember Saint Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá (c.1400–1463), known for his life of charity and prayer, and as Patron of San Diego, California (in other countries his feast is celebrated on November 13).
didacus of alcalÁ, st. In Spanish, Diego; Franciscan lay brother and ascetic; b. S. Nicolás del Puerto, near Seville; d. at advanced age in Alcalá, Nov. 12, 1463. He was at first a mendicant hermit, but he later entered the monastery of Arizafa in Córdoba and was an exemplar of virtue, especially of humility and simplicity.
Nov 7, 2020 · Saint Didacus was a Spanish Franciscan known for his spiritual insights and his penitential practices. He was a missionary to the Canary Islands and aided the sick in Rome. His travels and ministries did not distract him from prayer and contemplation.
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The Life of St. Didacus (upper south side windows) St. Didacus was a Spanish Franciscan Friar, a lay brother, who lived from 1400 to 1463. The first panel shows him in his Franciscan habit leaving his native Spain crossing the sea as a missionary to the Canary Islands.
The first of the twenty-one California missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá is named after the 15 th -century saint, Didacus of Alcalá, more commonly known as Saint Diego.
The Franciscan Saint Diego de Alcalá (1400-1463) used to take bread from the table of his convent to give to the poor. On being challenged by the guard, who asked to see what was carrying in his habit, the saint replied that they were roses, and the bread was miraculously transformed into flowers.
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