Petrineros side, arch 5
John of Sahagún
Cartouche
JVAN DE SAHAGVN
- Sculptor
- José Luis Pinto Benito
- Year
- not recorded
- Where it is
- Petrineros side, arch 5
Who he was
1419–1479 Spanish Augustinian friar and priest
John of Sahagún, OESA (Spanish: Juan de Sahagún), (c. 1430 – 11 June 1479) was a Spanish Augustinian friar and priest. He was a leading preacher of his day, and was known as a peacemaker and reconciler of enemies among the nobles and factions of Salamanca. He was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on John of Sahagún, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Basilio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2012-08-30 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
