Auritz/Burguete pays tribute to the visit of San Francisco de Javier in 1525

This past Sunday, in Auritz/Burguete, the official inauguration of a commemorative memorial that recalls the historic visit that Francisco de Jaso, who years later, in 1622, would be canonized as San Francisco de Javier, held to the Pyrenean town on February 1, 1525. A commemorative event that is part of this year’s planned activities in the ‘Auritz 1525’ project, which in turn recalls the 500th anniversary of the burning of five people accused …