 He was also known as "mossèn" (Father) Cinto Verdaguer, because of his career as a priest, and informally also simply "mossèn Cinto" (with Cinto being a short form of Jacint).He was born in Folgueroles, a town on the Plain of Vic, in the "comarca" of Osona (Province of Barcelona) to a modest family who valued learning.His father, Josep Verdaguer i Ordeix (Tavèrnoles, 1817 – Folgueroles, 1876), was a brickmason and farmer.