Sebastian de Aparicio
Spanish colonial industrialist and saint in Mexico
Died when: 98 years 36 days (1177 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo (20 January 1502 – 25 February 1600) was a Spanish colonist in Mexico shortly after its conquest by Spain, who after a lifetime as a rancher and road builder entered the Order of Friars Minor as a lay brother.
He spent the next 26 years of his long life as a beggar for the Order and died with a great reputation for holiness.
He has been beatified by the Catholic Church.
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