Diego Luis de San Vitores

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Diego Luis de San Vitores was a 17th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary best known for founding the first permanent Catholic mission in the Mariana Islands, particularly on Guam, where he was later martyred.

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Diego Luis de San Vitores canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesuit missionary
Roman Catholic priest
Spanish person
human
activeIn Guam
Mariana Islands
Philippines
affiliation Spanish Empire
associatedWith Catholic Church in Guam
Chamorro people
beatificationDate 1985-10-06
beatifiedBy Pope John Paul II
birthDate 1627-11-12
birthPlace Burgos
Castile
Spain
causeOfDeath homicide
martyrdom
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathDate 1672-04-02
deathPlace Guam
Mariana Islands
Tumon
linked to: Tumon Bay
ethnicGroup Spanish
familyName San Vitores
feastDay April 2
givenName Diego
hasPlaceNamedAfter San Vitores Beach
San Vitores Road
hasTitle Blessed
knownFor founding the first permanent Catholic mission in the Mariana Islands
martyrdom in Guam
missionary work in Guam
languagesSpoken Latin
Spanish
memberOf Society of Jesus
notableWork Christianization of the Chamorro people
establishing the Catholic mission on Guam
founding the first permanent Catholic mission in the Mariana Islands
occupation missionary
priest
partOf Spanish missions in Oceania
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Jesuits
linked to: Society of Jesus
religiousVocation Jesuit priest
subjectOf cause for canonization
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Spanish colonial period in the Marianas keyMissionary Diego Luis de San Vitores
Spanish–Chamorro Wars notableCommander Diego Luis de San Vitores