Saint Juan of Ávila

Priest Confessor
Saint Juan de Ávila, presbyter, who toured throughout the region of the Betica preaching Christ and, after being unjustly accused of heresy, was held in Montilla, of the region of Andalusia, in Spain, in jail, in which he wrote an important part of his spiritual doctrine. Pattern of the Spanish clergy.
Celebration 10 of May Saints of the day
Name Juan is a man's name.
Birth on January 6, 1500 in Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real in current Spain Saints born in Spain
Death on May 10, 1569 in Montilla, Córdoba in current Spain Saints dead in Spain
Process
Beatified on July 2, 1894 by pope Leo XIII
Canonized on year 1970 by pope Paul VI