Saint of the Day for December 9
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Layperson. Visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe. First indigenous saint of the Americas. Roman Catholic Saint from Mexico.
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548), also known simply as Juan Diego, was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe on four occasions in December 1531: three at the hill of Tepeyac and a fourth before don Juan de Zumárraga, then the first bishop of Mexico. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of Tepeyac, houses the cloak (tilmahtli) that is traditionally said to be Juan Diego's, and upon which the image of the Virgin is said to have been miraculously impressed as proof of the authenticity of the apparitions.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Peter FourierFrench canon regular
- LeocadiaSpanish saint
- Syrus of PaviaRoman Catholic Saint
- Proculus of Verona4th-century Christian saint
- Valerie of LimogesGallo-Roman saint
- Caesar of Dyrrhachium1st, century Christian Bishop in the Roman Empire
- BudocMedieval bishop
Bible Verse of the Day
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
On December 9 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.