Saint Didacus of Alcalá

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Saint Didacus of Alcalá was a 15th-century Spanish Franciscan lay brother renowned for his humility, charity, and reputed healing miracles, later venerated as the patron saint of San Diego.

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Label Occurrences
Didacus of Alcalá 1
Saint Didacus 1
Saint Didacus of Alcalá canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
Christian mystic
Franciscan lay brother
Spanish Roman Catholic
activity missionary work in the Canary Islands
alsoKnownAs Diego de San Nicolás
San Diego
San Diego de Alcalá
associatedWith Alcalá de Henares
Franciscan missions
beatificationDate 1562
beatifiedBy Pope Paul IV
birthCountry Crown of Castile
birthDate c. 1400
birthPlace San Nicolás del Puerto
canonizationDate 1588
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Sixtus V
surface form: Pope Sixtus V
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathCountry Crown of Castile
deathDate 12 November 1463
deathPlace Alcalá de Henares
devotionalTitle Confessor
Wonder-worker of Alcalá
feastDay 12 November (some local calendars)
13 November
givenName Diego
inspiredNameOf Mission San Diego de Alcalá
San Diego, California, United States
surface form: San Diego, California
knownFor care of the sick
charity
humility
reputed healing miracles
languageOfName Spanish
livedIn Canary Islands
Fuerteventura
majorShrine Cathedral of Alcalá de Henares
Convent of Santa María de Jesús, Alcalá de Henares
occupation lay brother
patronage Diocese of San Diego
Franciscan laity
San Diego, California, United States
surface form: city of San Diego, California

cookers and kitchen workers
the poor
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor
religiousOrderBranch Capuchin friars
surface form: Observant Franciscans
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
virtue obedience
penance
poverty

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Mission San Diego de Alcalá dedicatedTo Saint Didacus of Alcalá
San Diego de Alcalá alsoKnownAs Saint Didacus of Alcalá
this entity surface form: Didacus of Alcalá
San Diego de Alcalá alsoKnownAs Saint Didacus of Alcalá
this entity surface form: Saint Didacus