Feast November 17
Saint Juan del Castillo
Martyr · Feast November 17
Biography
Juan de Castillo 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.
Feast day
November 17
Birth date
1596-09-14
Death date
1628-11-17
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
16 May 1988
Canonized by
John Paul II
Feast month
11
Wikidata qid
Q210328
Feast day of month
17