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FRIAR JOSE RODRIGUEZ CARBALLOGENERAL FRASCISCAN MINISTERBetween Villar de Barrio and Xinzo de Limia(see option 1 and 2 in our map) we can finSarreaus. Close to this town there is a villagecalled Lodoselo. At this placed is where thisextraordinary figure was born. This factshould be a great reason to be proud for thepeople of Ourense but unfortunately we findout that he is the great unknown, “Generalof an army of 30,000 Franciscan monks thatpractice their labor all around the world”.This may have happened because of the lackof abundant information in the mass media,press and radio and also because the localauthorities never payed tribute to thisimportant figure.When he was young he went to Zamora tostudy, there was placed Santiago’s MinorSeminary. In those times Speaking Galicianlanguage in the Seminar was forbidden,probably to make them study and learnSpanish.We have also been reported that when hearrived home his first Christmas out of theSeminary and began speaking Spanish hisgrandfather stated very funny expression:“We thought you were one of us and nowyou come back speaking Spanish!!”Due to the above mentioned reasons andpossibly because it has awaken the interestof some of the pilgrims of our Route –thosewho take it for religious motivations–, weare going to focus on that village to obtainsome concrete information about the figurethat concerns us in his human dimensionsince we find ourselves incompetent to judgehim in the religious and spiritual dimension.We have been reported that he was born inthis village 56 years ago. He studied andmake his big decision there and there hecomes back every day from his meekFranciscan Galician heart. They attributethese words to him: “There was a Franciscanmonk in my village. I liked his behavior, hissimplicity, his closeness. Then I met anotherfriar at school. He talked to us about SanFrancisco and his personality captivated me".Lejana en el tiempo esta fotografía de Fray José Rodríguez Carballo.Seguramente en esa época no pensaba que iba a ser General de la OrdenFranciscana21