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Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (died 1600)

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Sebastián de Aparicio

Beatified Franciscan

Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo 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…
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January 20

Day of the year

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 345 days remain until the end of the year.
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