Detail Of A Oil Painting Of Viceroy Juan De Palafox Y Mendoza Date And Artist Unknown Currently In The Salón De Virreyes Of The Museo Nacional De Historia Chapultepec Castle Mexico City Mexico

Blessed Juan De Palafox Mendoza

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

1-Oct

Born

24 June 1600 in Fitero, Navarra, Aragon (in modern Spain)

Died

1 October 1659 in Osma, Soria, Spain of natural causes

Beatified

5 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of La Asunción, El Burgo de Osma, Spain by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Venerated

17 January 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Juan De Palafox Mendoza, also known as Marquis of Ariaza, was born on 24 June 1600 in Fitero, Navarra, Aragon (in modern Spain). He was the illegitimate son of an Aragonese noble, Jaime de Palafox, the Marquis of Ariaza. However, his father initially refused to acknowledge him, and his mother entered the Carmelite order as a nun. Juan was then raised by a family of millers until the age of ten when his father finally recognized him and took over his upbringing.

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