Juan Bautista Jacinto de los Ángeles | |
|---|---|
| Laymen; Martyrs | |
| Born | c. 1660 San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Died | 16 September 1700 (aged 40) San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1 August 2002, Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 18 September[1] |
| Patronage | San Francisco Cajonos |
Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles (c. 1660 – 16 September 1700) were Mexican Roman Catholics.[1][2] The pair were both instructed to protect moral practices in their town and to ensure that the faith was safeguarded in the face of pagan and tribal beliefs and practices.[3][4] But this put them into conflict with some locals who decided to hunt them down and kill them after the pair interrupted a ritual and confiscated their possessions. The two men were slain after being captured in a local Dominican convent and after having professed their faith to their attackers.[2][1]
Both men were venerated long after their murders and a beatification cause was introduced. It later remained dormant for sometime due to a lack of interest but was reignited during the late 1980s and into the 1990s when the formal process was launched. The two were beatified on 1 August 2002 in Mexico on the occasion that Pope John Paul II visited the nation.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b c "Beati Giovanni Battista e Giacinto de los Ángeles". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Ángeles". Holy See. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Blessed Jacinto de los Ángeles". Saints SQPN. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Blessed Juan Bautista". Saints SQPN. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Stephen Henderson (27 July 2002). "Mexican Martyrs to Be Beatified+date=27 July 2002". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 December 2017.