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Created page with "Blessed Mamerto Esquiú, born Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú Medina, was an Argentine Franciscan friar, renowned preacher, patriot, and Bishop of Córdoba. According to historical records from Franciscan and diocesan sources, he was born on May 11, 1826, in Piedra Blanca (near Catamarca), Argentina, to Santiago Esquiú (a Catalan former soldier) and María de las Nieves Medina. His mother, a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi, dressed him in the Franciscan habit from a..."
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