Venerable Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Spanish presence in the Mariana Islands.
The assassination of Padre San Vitores in 1672 by Mata'pang and Hurao. The painting portrays San Vitores as a mean, tyrant-like priest, in a representation typical of the anti-Spanish Black Legend
Venerable Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Spanish presence in the Mariana Islands.
