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About St. Roque González de Santa Cruz
November 17, 1576 – November 15, 1628 · Feast November 17 · Priest / Jesuit / Martyr
Paraguayan-born Jesuit, the first native-born saint of South America, and architect of the famous Guaraní Reductions — Christian mission communities that protected indigenous peoples from slavers and ranchers for over a century. Together with two Spanish Jesuit companions he was murdered by an indigenous shaman who saw the missions as a threat to traditional power. He is honored as a martyr alongside Sts. Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo and Juan del Castillo.
St. Roque González de Santa Cruz is the patron saint of Paraguay, Argentina, The Guaraní People and Missionaries.
