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Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Gonzalo Diaz Di Amarante By Bertoni Date Unknown

Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Gonzalo Diaz Di Amarante By Bertoni Date Unknown

Blessed Gonzalo Diaz Di Amarante

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

27 January (Mercedarians)

Born

1540 in Amarante, Portugal

Died

27 January 1618 in Callao, Peru of natural causes; interred in the Mercedarian church in Lima

Biography

Blessed Gonzalo Diaz Di Amarante was born in 1540 in Amarante, Portugal. Little is known about his early life, but it is believed that he led a simple and devoted existence. In 1603, he arrived in Lima, Peru, and joined the Mercedarians at the Convent of Mercy.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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