Mariano Olier

Mariano Olier
Personal details
Born Mariano Joseph Ignacio Olier Garcia
July 25, 1752
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru
Died December 27, 1816
Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata
Resting place Basílica de San Francisco
Nationality Argentine
Relations Juan Miguel Canaveris 1778-1802 (his godson)
Occupation Religious
Profession Presbyter
Religion Catholicism

Mariano Olier (1752-1816) was an Argentine Catholic priest of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires.[1] He had an outstanding performance in the fight against smallpox epidemic of 1778.[2]

Mariano was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Matheo Olier and Nicolaza Garcia de la Huerta.[3] His grandfather Sebastian de Olier, had a title of nobility granted by the King of Spain.[4]

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