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St. Juan Diego was beatified on May 6, 1990 by Pope John Paul II and canonized on July 31, 2002. His feast day is celebrated on December 9 and he is the patron saint of Indigenous people.
St. Juan Diego (born 1474, Cuautitlán [near Mexico City], Mexico—died May 30, 1548, Tepeyac Hill [now in Mexico City]; canonized July 31, 2002; feast day December 9) was an indigenous Mexican convert to Roman Catholicism and saint who, according to tradition, was visited by the Virgin Mary ( Our Lady of Guadalupe ).
Juan Diego is the first Catholic saint indigenous to the Americas. [d] He was beatified in 1990 and canonized in 2002 [8] by Pope John Paul II, who on both occasions traveled to Mexico City to preside over the ceremonies. Biography. At the foot of the Tepeyac Hill.
One of the Aztec gods, originally considered the god of fertility, had transformed himself over time into a ferocious god. A symbol of the sun, this god was in continuous battle with the moon and the stars and was believed to need human blood to restore his strength; if he died, life would be extinguished.
Dec 7, 2020 · St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin is known for receiving the vision of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Born in 1474 in Cuautlitlán, Mexico (near present-day Mexico City), he was one of the Chichimeca people. Around 1524, he was baptized by Friar Peter da Gand, an early Franciscan missionary.
Juan Diego, born in 1474 in Cuautitlán, Mexico, was the first indigenous saint from the Americas. Not much is known about his early life, but at 50 years old, he and his wife Maria Lucia were among the first people to be baptized into Christianity after Spanish missionaries brought the religion to Mexico.
Dec 9, 2021 · Saint of the Day for December 9. (1474 – May 30, 1548) Saint Juan Diego’s Story. Thousands of people gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe July 31, 2002, for the canonization of Juan Diego, to whom the Blessed Mother appeared in the 16th century.
Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady. FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS. The story begins in the early morning hours of December 9, 1531, when a 57-year-old Indian peasant named Juan Diego was walking along the path of Tepayec Hill on the outskirts of Mexico City. Keep in mind that only 10 years earlier, Hernando Cortez had conquered Mexico City.
Jul 25, 2024 · On Dec. 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the Virgin Mary began the Church's devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Jul 31, 2002 · St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548). Little is known about the life of Juan Diego before his conversion, but tradition and archaelogical and iconographical sources, along with the most important and oldest indigenous document on the event of Guadalupe, " El Nican Mopohua" (written in Náhuatl with Latin characters, 1556, by the Indigenous ...
