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|SaintName=Saint Juan Diego
|SaintName=Saint Juan Diego
|SaintStage=Saint
|SaintStage=Saint
|SaintBirthDate=
|FeastDay=December 09
|SaintBirthPlace=Cuautitlán, Texcoco, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico)
|SaintBirthPlace=Cuautitlán, Texcoco, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico)
|SaintBirthCoordinates=19.6833, -99.1500
|SaintBirthCoordinates=19.6833, -99.1500
|SaintDeathDate=05-30-1548
|DeathPlace=Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico)
|DeathPlace=Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico)
|SaintDeathCoordinates=19.4326, -99.1332
|SaintDeathCoordinates=19.4326, -99.1332
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|NotableLabel3=Secular Franciscan affiliation
|NotableLabel3=Secular Franciscan affiliation
|NotableCoordinates3=19.4326, -99.1332
|NotableCoordinates3=19.4326, -99.1332
|BeatificationDate=05-06-1990
|AssociatedCountries=Mexico
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Mexico]]
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|Beatifier=Pope John Paul II
|BeatificationDate=07-31-2002
|Canonized=Yes
|Canonized=Yes
|CanonizationDate=07-31-2002
|Canonizer=Pope John Paul II
|Canonizer=Pope John Paul II
|CanonizationLocation=Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico
|CanonizationLocation=Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a Mexican Indian woman from cancer (for beatification)
|SaintMiracle1=Healing of a Mexican Indian woman from cancer (for beatification)
|SaintMiracle2=Conversion and healing associated with Guadalupe tilma (for canonization, traditional)
|SaintMiracle2=Conversion and healing associated with Guadalupe tilma (for canonization, traditional)
|FeastDay=December 09
|Profession=Chieftain; weaver; farmer
|Profession=Chieftain; weaver; farmer
|ReligiousAffiliation=Secular Franciscan
|ReligiousAffiliation=Secular Franciscan
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|Attributes=Tilma with Guadalupe image; roses
|Attributes=Tilma with Guadalupe image; roses
|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico
|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico
|AdditionalVeneration=
|AssociatedCountries=Mexico
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Archdiocese of Mexico]]
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'''Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin''' (c. 1474–1548), canonized as Juan Diego, was a Chichimeca indigenous peasant and visionary to whom the Virgin Mary appeared as Our Lady of Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill near Mexico City in December 1531, commissioning the erection of a church and leaving her image on his tilma as a sign.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15774a.htm|title=St. Juan Diego|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born in Cuautitlán to an Aztec family, historical records from Nahuatl accounts like the ''Nican Mopohua'' (c. 1556) confirm his life as a humble farmer and weaver, baptized c. 1524–1525 as Juan Diego following Hernán Cortés's conquest, and affiliated with the Secular Franciscans c. 1533.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Diego|title=Juan Diego|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> The apparitions, verified through Vatican investigations including tilma analysis (1531 image inexplicable by science), led to mass indigenous conversions—estimated 8 million in seven years—transforming Mexico's evangelization.<ref name="vatican">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020731_giovanni-diego_en.html|title=Homily of John Paul II for the Canonization of Juan Diego|publisher=Vatican|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>
'''Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin''' (c. 1474–1548), canonized as Juan Diego, was a Chichimeca indigenous peasant and visionary to whom the Virgin Mary appeared as Our Lady of Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill near Mexico City in December 1531, commissioning the erection of a church and leaving her image on his tilma as a sign.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15774a.htm|title=St. Juan Diego|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born in Cuautitlán to an Aztec family, historical records from Nahuatl accounts like the ''Nican Mopohua'' (c. 1556) confirm his life as a humble farmer and weaver, baptized c. 1524–1525 as Juan Diego following Hernán Cortés's conquest, and affiliated with the Secular Franciscans c. 1533.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Diego|title=Juan Diego|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> The apparitions, verified through Vatican investigations including tilma analysis (1531 image inexplicable by science), led to mass indigenous conversions—estimated 8 million in seven years—transforming Mexico's evangelization.<ref name="vatican">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020731_giovanni-diego_en.html|title=Homily of John Paul II for the Canonization of Juan Diego|publisher=Vatican|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>