Don Pedro Jaramillo

Don Pedro Jaramillo
Don Pedro Jaramillo, curandero faith healer from South Texas
El Mero Jefe, Healer of Los Olmos, Curandero, Healer
BornGuadalajara, Mexico
Died1907
Starr County, Texas
Venerated inFolk Catholicism
PatronageCures, good health, fortune, healing, protection from diseases

Don Pedro Jaramillo was a curandero and folk saint from the South Texas Valley region. He was known as "the healer of Los Olmos Creek" and "el mero jefe" (English: the real chief) of the curanderos.

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