Sebastian de Aparicio y del Pardo O.F.M. 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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