Juan Diego was born in the year 1474 at Tlayacac, Cuauhtitlan, (about 15 miles north of modern Mexico City, Mexico) as Cuauhtlatoatzin. He died May 30, 1548, of natural causes. He would have been 74 years old when he died.
St. Juan Diego lived from 1474 to 1548. He is known for his experience with the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico in 1531.
We have no record of how Juan Diego died but we do know it was from natural causes, probably complications of old age.
St. Juan Diego was canonized by Pope John Paul II on July 31, 2002.
Juan Diego does not currently show any officially assigned patronages.
Juan Diego lived just north of Tenochititlan, today known as Mexico City, Mexico.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Juan Diego
Saint Juan Diego's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Diego is known for his encounter with the Virgin Mary in Mexico in 1531, where he received the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his tilma (cloak). He is venerated as a symbol of faith and devotion in the Americas, particularly in Mexico.
As far as is known, Juan Diego's family was not rich. He was born as an impoverished free man in a society that was very class-conscious.
Juan Diego was the first Native American saint followed by Kateri Tekakwitha a few years later.
It was filmed at St. Juan Diego in Utah you tool.
St. Juan Diego became a saint through the process of canonization by the Catholic Church. He was recognized for the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary to him in 1531 in Tepeyac, Mexico, which led to the conversion of many indigenous people to Christianity. After a thorough investigation of his life and miracles attributed to his intercession, St. Juan Diego was officially canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II in 2002.
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