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Sebastian de Aparicio
Spanish Franciscan, missionary, blessed (1502–1600)
Feast: 25 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Puebla de los Ángeles in Mexico, Blessed Sebastian de Aparicio, who, a shepherd, emigrated from Spain to Mexico, where he helped the poor with the many goods he had gathered by his work; then, twice widowed, he was received as a lay brother in the Order of Friars Minor and died almost a hundred years old.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 February as a Spanish emigrant to Mexico who helped the poor and became a Franciscan lay brother.
The cause
Sebastian de Aparicio has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Franciscans: Blessed Sebastian de Aparicio.
- Roman Martyrology, 25 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2486114 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sebastián de Aparicio (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.