Background
Puente was born in Valladolid.
Puente was born in Valladolid.
A few years after his death, the Sacred Congregation of Rites admitted the cause of his beatification and canonization. He was forced by bad health to retire from duties, and took up writing. Ordained priest in 1580, he became the spiritual director of Marina de Escobar, in which office he continued till his death.
In 1599 he devoted himself to the care of the plague-stricken in Villagarcia.
He died in Valladolid.