12 7 1859 By Suzanne Stamatov Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, son of Don Octaviano and Doña Donaciana Corral de Larrazolo, was born on 7 December 1859 in El Valle de San Bartolo (later known as Allende) in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. His father Don Octaviano was a prosperous landowner. At the age of eleven, in 1870, Octaviano came to Arizona under the tutelage of Bishop Salpointe. Initially intending to become a priest, he studied in schools in both Arizona and New Mexico. He finished his studies at St. Michael’s College in Santa Fe, graduating in 1876. The following year, at … Continue reading Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo