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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Hermit of La Cueva Honored with a Statue
A life-sized statue of Giovanni Maria de Agostini has been erected in Capela do Alto, a town in the Brazilain state of São Paulo. Agostini is known in Brazil as João Maria D’Agostini or Monge Giovanni Maria D’Agostini (Monk). In New Mexico he is known as El Ermitaño (The Hermit).
Agostini lived in Brazil from December, 1842, to February, 1852.