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title: "St. Juan Diego: Feast Day December 9 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-juan-diego/
description: "St. Juan Diego, Hermit. Remembered on December 9, died 1548. Read their life in Bless."
---

Hermit · Remembered on December 9

# St. Juan Diego

St. Juan Diego is remembered on December 9 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [December 9](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#9) |
| Title | Hermit |
| Died | 1548 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, December 9, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-juan-diego/#calendar) |

## Life

Cuauhtlatoatzin, ‘the talking eagle,’ an Indian of Cuautitlán baptized in middle age, to whom the Virgin appeared on Tepeyac hill in December 1531, speaking Nahuatl, calling herself the merciful mother of all who dwell in this land.

When the bishop asked for a sign, she filled Juan Diego’s tilma with Castilian roses in winter — and when he opened it, her image was on the cloth, where it remains after five centuries. Within a decade, millions of his people had asked for baptism. He spent his last years as guardian of the shrine.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Juan Diego. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, December 9, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/09/) | Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 40:25-31 · Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 · Matthew 11:28-30 |
| [Thursday, December 9, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/09/) | Thursday of the Second Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 41:13-20 · Psalm 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab · See Isaiah 45:8 · Matthew 11:11-15 |
| [Saturday, December 9, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/09/) | Saturday of the First Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 · Psalm 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 · Isaiah 33:22 · Matthew 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[December 8 St. Romaric](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-romaric/) [December 10 St. John Roberts](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-roberts/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 9?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-09) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Juan Diego

Remembered on December 9

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-juan-diego/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-juan-diego/#calendar)

In the app

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