ST. DIEGO, LAY FRANCISCAN, ST. JOSAPHAT KUNCEWICZ, BISHOP AND MARTYR

ST. DIEGO, LAY FRANCISCAN

Born in Alcalà del Puerto, in Spain, around the year 1400. Didacus became a Franciscan lay brother. Although not a priest, he was sent to establish the Faith in the Canary Islands. During a plague in Rome in 1450, Didacus remained to assist the sick, even after the Curia had fled.   

ST. JOSAPHAT KUNCEWICZ, BISHOP AND MARTYR