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Mariano de la Mata
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Mariano de la Mata Aparício (31 December 1905 - 5 April 1983) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine. He joined the missions in Brazil where he served until his death and was known for his educational work with the poor. His age and diminishing health was no obstacle for him throughout his time in Brazil and it did not hinder his efforts to visit the sick or go out to be with the people he looked after.
His beatification cause opened on 14 December 1996 and he became titled as a Servant of God while Pope John Paul II confirmed his heroic virtue on 20 December 2004 and titled him as Venerable; Pope Benedict XVI beatified him on 5 November 2006 though Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over the celebration in Brazil.
Mariano de la Mata Aparício was born in Palencia on 31 December 1905 as one of eight children to Manuel and Martina. Three brothers before him had become members of the Order of Saint Augustine while he was the uncle of six who joined that order.
He entered the Order of Saint Augustine in 1921 and then began his studies for the priesthood in Valladolid before continuing his studies at Santa María de la Vid in Burgos. He was vested in the habit on 9 September 1921 and in 1922 made his initial profession; he had received the habit from the Blessed Anselm Polanco. In 1926 he was transferred back to Santa María de la Vid where he completed his theological courses. He made his solemn profession on 23 January 1927 and he was later ordained to the priesthood on 25 July 1930. He was appointed to teach at one of the order's school (College la Encarnación) at Llanes for a brief period of time and then in July 1931 was sent to the order's vice-province of Brazil to work there. He first worked in a local parish from 1931 to 1933 at Taquaritinga in the São Paulo state. In 1933 he was transferred to the Saint Augustine college where he taught natural sciences until 1949 and from 1942 to 1945 he was also the college's administrator.
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