Blessed Juan De Palafox Mendoza
Feast Day
October 1
Born
June 24, 1600
Died
October 1, 1659
Beatified
5 June 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
Religious Order
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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