Blessed Juan de Atarés

John of Atarés was a Hispanic hermit of the late 7th century. He is considered a blessed by the Catholic Church, which celebrates his feast day on May 29. In Upper Aragon, he is popularly considered a saint. Popular legend holds that he was born at Casa Royo in the village of Atarés, renounced his fortune, and settled in a cave on Mount Pano, near Jaca, where he placed a wooden cross before which he prayed. According to tradition, the devil appeared to him one day, offering him great riches and a palace if he entered his service. John prayed the Lord's Prayer and the devil disappeared; in his place, an angel appeared and advised him to move to Mount Pano, where he erected an altar in honor of Saint John the Baptist. This site would later become the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña after Saints Felix and Voto settled there in the 7th century. Tradition also recounts that a century later, Saint Voto found the hermit's unburied body in his cave after miraculously surviving a fall while hunting a deer. Next to the body was a writing that stated: [The text is missing in the source]. He gave John a burial and, upon returning to Zaragoza, informed his brother Felix of the event. Both returned to the site, where they founded the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, following the Benedictine rule.