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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Label Occurrences
Diego Luis de San Vitores canonical 2

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Statements (48)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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