Diego Aduarte

Diego Aduarte OP (1570–1636; born in Zaragoza) was a Spanish Dominican friar and historian. He was a missionary to the Philippine Islands and arrived there in 1595 with Blancas de San Jose.^[1] In 1632 was made Prior of Manila. He died in 1636.^[1]

Aduarte's works include an account of the difficulties and problems faced by Spanish missionaries introducing Christianity into Cambodia. He also made a biography of the missionary Juan Cobo.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Doctrina Christiana. The First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manial, 1593. Library of Congress. 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ Chan, Tak-hung Leo (2003). One Into Many: Translation and the Dissemination of Classical Chinese Literature. Rodopi. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-90-420-0815-1. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Works by Diego Aduarte at Project Gutenberg
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diego Francisco Aduarte" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Religious titles
Preceded by Hernando Guerrero	Bishop of Nueva Segovia 1634–1636	Succeeded by Fernando Montero Espinosa

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[doct1-1] Doctrina Christiana. The First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manial, 1593. Library of Congress. 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[2] Chan, Tak-hung Leo (2003). One Into Many: Translation and the Dissemination of Classical Chinese Literature. Rodopi. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-90-420-0815-1. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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