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Also known as

• Francesco

Memorial

• 29 December

Profile

Mercedarian. Missionary to Chile in 1569. Worked in Ecuador and then in Cusco, Peru, working from the Mercedarian convent there. Martyred by pagan natives while preaching.

Born

• 1546 in Rioja, Spain

Died

• 1590 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Tucman, Peru

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Francis Ruiz“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 June 2023. Web. 11 June 2024. <>