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Statue of Saint Juan Diego Date And Artist Unknown In Front of Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church Echo Park Los Angeles California Photographed On 8 July 2006 By Rockero
Statue of Saint Juan Diego Date And Artist Unknown In Front of Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church Echo Park Los Angeles California Photographed On 8 July 2006 By Rockero

Saint Juan Diego

Also known as: Cuauhtlatoatzin; Juan Diego Cuautlatoatzin

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

December 9

Born

January 1, 15

Died

May 30, 1548

Canonized

31 July 2002

Beatified

9 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II at Vatican City

Biography

Saint Juan Diego, also known as Cuauhtlatoatzin or Juan Diego Cuautlatoatzin, was born in 1474 in the village of Tlayacac, Cuauhtitlan, located approximately 15 miles north of modern Mexico City, Mexico. He was born into a society marked by strong class divisions, and he grew up in poverty as a farm worker and field laborer....