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1948-09-26

Painter Célestin Faustin is born near Jacmel, and his grandmother names him

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Célestin Faustin was born at Carrefour Canot, a hamlet of Lafond about ten kilometres from Jacmel, on 26 September 1948. He was the natural son of Célius Faustin, a farmer and horse breeder, and Mariana Théodore, a trader. His grandmother, the midwife who delivered him, named him and declared him chosen by Èzili Dantò. He painted out of popular Vodou mythology for the rest of his life.

Source Researched: Le Nouvelliste