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Christopher of Tlaxcala
young martyr at Tlaxcala
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Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Tlaxcala in Mexico, Blesseds Christopher, Anthony and John, martyrs, who, during the first evangelisation of America, gladly embraced the Christian faith and were for this beaten to death by their own townspeople.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 September as one of the young martyrs of Tlaxcala, beaten to death by his own townspeople for embracing the Christian faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rca98c965 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.