Sebastián de Aparicio

Blessed
Sebastián de Aparicio y del Pardo
O.F.M.
A statue of the Blessed Sebastián outside the Franciscan church of Puebla where his incorrupt body is preserved for veneration
Widower, Religious and Confessor
Born20 January 1502
A Gudiña, Ourense, Spain
Died25 February 1600(1600-02-25) (aged 98)
Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla, Mexico, New Spain
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Mexico and the Order of Friars Minor)
Beatified17 May 1789 by Pope Pius VI
Feast25 February
AttributesOxcart with oxen
PatronageTransport industry (Mexico)

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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