# Juan Diego — Death Comes for the Archbishop character guide

> Juan Diego in Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Juan

**First appearance:** 0007-iv-a-bell-and-a-miracle

## Who they are

A Native American man who appears in the story of the bell.

## In the story

### [A Bell and a Miracle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/death_comes_for_the_archbishop_se/chapters/iv-a-bell-and-a-miracle)

The neophyte to whom the Virgin appeared on Tapeyac hill in 1531; his tilma bore the miraculous portrait.

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