The Gauchito Gil (literally Little Gaucho Gil) is a legendary character of Argentina’s popular culture. His full name was Antonio Mamerto Gil Núñez and he was allegedly born in the area of Pay Ubre nowadays Mercedes Corrientes possibly in the 1840s and died on 8 January 1878.He is regarded as the most prominent gaucho saint in Argentina.
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