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Didacus of Alcalá (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands.
The Franciscan Saint Diego de Alcalá (1400-1463) used to take bread from the table of his convent to give to the poor. On being challenged by the guard, who asked to see what was carrying in his habit, the saint replied that they were roses, and the bread was miraculously transformed into flowers.
didacus of alcalÁ, st. In Spanish, Diego; Franciscan lay brother and ascetic; b. S. Nicolás del Puerto, near Seville; d. at advanced age in Alcalá, Nov. 12, 1463. He was at first a mendicant hermit, but he later entered the monastery of Arizafa in Córdoba and was an exemplar of virtue, especially of humility and simplicity.
Fray Diego de San Nicolás, O.F.M., conocido como San Diego de Alcalá (San Nicolás del Puerto, Sevilla, España 14 de noviembre de 1400 - Alcalá de Henares, 13 de noviembre de 1463), fue un fraile franciscano español considerado santo por la Iglesia católica.
Of the 15th-century Franciscan St. Didacus of Alcalá, also known as San Diego, the same miracle is told: as a lay brother of the Franciscans in Spain, he often took bread from the monastery's dining table to give to the poor.
The mission and the surrounding area were named for the Catholic saint Didacus of Alcalá, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego. The mission was the site of the first Christian burial in Alta California. The original mission burned in 1775 during an uprising by local natives.
Didacus of Alcalá, also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is now honoured by the Catholic Church as a saint.
