(1474-1548)

First Evangelist of the Americas

Juan Diego lived a simple life near what is now Mexico City. As he walked to church one day, he had a vision of the Virgin Mary. She asked him to tell the Bishop to build a church on that site. The bishop asked Juan for proof. At the site of his vision, Juan found a eld a owers growing in the frozen soil. He gathered them in his cloak to bring to the bishop. When he opened his cloak, there was a glowing image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the fabric inside. St. Juan Diego became the rst evangelist of the Americas.