Prince Juanillo and his companion renegades respected Fray Blas’ age, if nothing else, and permitted him to celebrate Mass and preach to them one last time before they executed him. He was unafraid to die, but was deeply saddened by the murderous actions of Juanillo and his companions. Fray Blas, anxious that there should be no sacrilege, would have taken the remaining consecrated hosts from the tabernacle and consumed them. After Mass, the young men watched as Fray Blas gave away his personal affects to the residents of the mission. Then they bound the priest tightly with rope (they were mindful of his vigor – they knew he would stop them from their vandalism if left untied) and made him watch as they impiously vandalized the chapel. After ripping the priestly vestments, destroying the retablos, and ruining the sacred vessels, the rebels clubbed the priest to death on September 16th, 1597 at the Mission of Tupiqui.

In the drawing, Fray Blas wears a faded, worn, and patched Franciscan habit, indicating his many years in the New World (the usual cincture, or rope belt, of a Franciscan habit with three knots to indicate the Trinity is not shown; see the previous drawing of Fray Pedro).