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

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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