SAINT OF THE DAY MAR 23 ( Saint Turibius of Mogroveio )

23 March
Wednesday of Holy Week (2016);
Optional Memorial, Saint Turibius of Mogroveio,
BishopSaint Turibius of Mogroveio

Also known as

• Turibius de Mongrovejo
• Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
• Turribius Alphonsus Mogrobejo
• Turybiusz de Mogrovejo
• Turibio de Mogrovejo

Profile

Born to the nobility. Lawyer. Professor of law at Salamanca, Spain. Ordained in 1578 at age 40. Judge of the Court of the Inquisition at Granada, Spain. Archbishop of Lima, Peru on 15 May 1579. Founded the first seminary in the Western hemisphere. Fought for the rights of the natives against the Spanish masters. Organized councils and synods in the New World.

Born

1538 at Mayorga de Campos, Leon, Spain

Died

23 May 1606 at Santa, Peru of natural causes

Beatified

2 July 1679 by Pope Innocent XI

Canonized

10 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII

Patronage

• Latin American bishops
• native rights
• Lima, Peru
• Peru