▁ 2 0 ▁June ▁ 1 8 2 0 . ▁His ▁last ▁words ▁reported ly ▁were : ▁" ¡ A y , ▁Pat ria ▁m ía !" ▁( Oh , ▁my ▁country ! ). ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁An c est ry ▁ ▁Manuel ▁José ▁Jo aqu ín ▁del ▁Cor az ón ▁de ▁Jes ús ▁Bel gr ano ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁on ▁ 3 ▁June ▁ 1 7 7 0 , ▁at ▁his ▁father ' s ▁house . ▁It ▁was ▁located ▁near ▁the ▁Santo ▁Dom ingo ▁convent , ▁at ▁Santo ▁Dom ingo ▁street , ▁between ▁the ▁streets ▁Martín ▁de ▁T ours ▁and ▁Sant ís ima ▁Tr in idad ▁( the ▁modern ▁names ▁of ▁those ▁streets ▁are ▁" Bel gr ano ", ▁" Def ensa ", ▁and ▁" B ol í var " ▁respectively ). ▁Though ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁still ▁rather ▁small , ▁the ▁Bel gr anos ▁lived ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁wealth iest ▁neighborhood s . ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano ▁was ▁bapt ized ▁at ▁the ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁Metropolitan ▁C athedral ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁As ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁cri ol lo , ▁a ▁social ▁class ▁below ▁the ▁Pen ins ular s . ▁ ▁His ▁father ▁D omen ico ▁was ▁Lig ur ian , ▁from ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Imper ia , ▁Italy . ▁His ▁mat ernal ▁last ▁name ▁was ▁Per i , ▁which ▁he ▁translated ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish ▁form ▁Pérez ; ▁his ▁pat ernal ▁last ▁name ▁was ▁Bel gr ano ▁– ▁literally ▁" F air