Florencio del Castillo was born in Ujarrás, Costa Rica, near the colonial capital of Cartago, in 1778, the son of fray Luis de San Martín de Soto, priest of that town, and Cecilia del Castillo Villagra, widow of the Frenchman François Lafons.
Florencio del Castillo was born in Ujarrás, Costa Rica, near the colonial capital of Cartago, on October 17,1778. He was the son of fray Luis de San Martín de Soto, priest of that town, and Cecilia del Castillo Villagra, widow of the Frenchman François Lafons.