Saint Juan del Castillo

Religioso Priest Martyr
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.
Celebration 17 of November Saints of the day
Name Juan is a man's name.
Birth on 1595 in Belmonte, Cuenca in current Spain Saints born in Spain
Death on November 17, 1628 in Asunción in current Paraguay Saints dead in Paraguay
Process
Beatified on January 28, 1934 by pope Pius XI
Canonized on May 16, 1988 by pope Blessed John Paul II