Agustín Farfán

Pedro Garcia Farfán (1532–1604), better known as Agustín Farfán, was a Spanish medical missionary who studied medicine in Seville, Spain, initially serving as a physician for King Phillip II before moving to New Spain with his family in 1557, where he continued his studies and became one of the first to receive a medical degree from the National Autonomous University of New Spain. Upon the death of his wife in 1568, Farfán joined the Order of Saint Augustine and became a prominent figure in the Augustinian order, contributing to the construction and maintenance of convents there.

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Agustín Farfán

Pedro Garcia Farfán (1532–1604), better known as Agustín Farfán, was a Spanish medical missionary who studied medicine in Seville, Spain, initially serving as a physician for King Phillip II before moving to New Spain with his family in 1557, where he continued his studies and became one of the first to receive a medical degree from the National Autonomous University of New Spain. Upon the death of his wife in 1568, Farfán joined the Order of Saint Augustine and became a prominent figure in the Augustinian order, contributing to the construction and maintenance of convents there.

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