Brother Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur (March 21 1626 (Tenerife) – April 25 1667 (Antigua Guatemala) called Hermano Pedro de San José Betancurt or more simply Hermano Pedro Santo Hermano Pedro or San Pedro de Vilaflor was a Spanish saint and missionary. He is known as the St. Francis of Assisi of the Americas. It is the first saint native of the Canary Islands is also considered the first saint Guatemala and Central America.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
