Diego Aduarte

Spanish Dominican friar, missionary and historian

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

  1. ^ a b 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.

External links

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