births
November 17, 1576
Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and saint (died 1628)

Roque González y de Santa Cruz
Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.