Liborio

Olivorio Mateo Ledesma (1876 – June 27, 1922) was a Dominican revolutionary and spiritual healer. Known by his nickname, Papá Liborio, he is presented as a popular figure in Dominican Vudú tradition. Coming from a rural background, his guerrilla actions were considered a threat to the governments of the Dominican Republic and to the U.S occupation of the island, which he faced on sixteen occasions until his death in 1922. His popularity in the rural areas of the Dominican Republic continues to be present, with an altar in San Juan de la Maguana to which people go to ask for favors. A folk hero in the Dominican Republic, he has been claimed in many expressions of popular Dominican culture, such as film, music and literature.