Juan Bautista González

Spanish priest

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role in history of Mercedarians

  • St. Peter Nolasco, founder of the Mercedarian order
    In Mercedarian

    …reform movement led by Juan Bautista Gonzalez resulted in the Discalced Mercedarians, whose rule was approved in 1606 by Pope Paul V. Peter Nolasco was canonized as a saint by Pope Urban VIII in 1628.

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