Blessed Mamerto Esquiú Y Medina

Blessed Mamerto Esquiú Y Medina, also known as Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú, was born on 11 May 1826 in San José de Piedra Blanca, Catamarca, Argentina. He was the son of Santiago Esquiú and María de las Nieves Medina. From an early age, Mamerto felt a deep calling to religious life, and it was said that he would even wear a brown Franciscan habit as a child.