Christopher of Tlaxcala
young martyr at Tlaxcala
Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.