Pablo José Arriaga
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Pablo José Arriaga or Pablo José Arriga (Vergara
, Biscay
, 1564 – died at sea, 1622) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in South America.
, where he was ordained. In 1588 he was appointed rector of the College of San Martin at Lima, which post he filled thrice in the course of twenty-four years.
He visited Europe in 1601, sent to Rome by his superiors. Returning in 1604, he became Rector of the College of Arequipa
, (1612–15).
It was during the period from 1604 to 1622 that Father Arriaga became identified with the task of uprooting the survivals of indigenous religion in Peru. He accompanied one of the earliest official visitors, Father Fernando de Avendano
. He also directed the construction of a college for sons of Indian cacique
s, and of a house of correction for Indian shamans.
In 1620 he completed his Extirpacion de l'Idolatría en el Perú (Lima, 1621). The year following he was again sent to Europe on a confidential mission. Embarking at Porto Bello
, the fleet to which his vessel belonged was struck by a storm. His ship and four others were beached and wrecked.
He also wrote an ecclesiastic rhetoric: Rhetoris Christiani partes septem: exemplis cum sacris tum philosphicis illustratae. Nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Lyon, Sumptibus Horatij Cardon, 1619, [24], 391 p.; reedited in Amberes, 1659.
Bergara
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, Biscay
Biscay
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, 1564 – died at sea, 1622) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in South America.
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1579, and in 1585 went to PeruPeru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, where he was ordained. In 1588 he was appointed rector of the College of San Martin at Lima, which post he filled thrice in the course of twenty-four years.
He visited Europe in 1601, sent to Rome by his superiors. Returning in 1604, he became Rector of the College of Arequipa
Arequipa
Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...
, (1612–15).
It was during the period from 1604 to 1622 that Father Arriaga became identified with the task of uprooting the survivals of indigenous religion in Peru. He accompanied one of the earliest official visitors, Father Fernando de Avendano
Fernando Avendano
Fernando Avendaño or Fernando de Avendaño , born and died in Lima, Peru, was a Catholic priest.He died shortly after being appointed Bishop of Santiago, Chile...
. He also directed the construction of a college for sons of Indian cacique
Cacique
Cacique is a title derived from the Taíno word for the pre-Columbian chiefs or leaders of tribes in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles...
s, and of a house of correction for Indian shamans.
In 1620 he completed his Extirpacion de l'Idolatría en el Perú (Lima, 1621). The year following he was again sent to Europe on a confidential mission. Embarking at Porto Bello
Porto Bello
Porto Bello was the hunting lodge of the last Royal Governor of the British Colony of Virginia, John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Dunmore fled to Porto Bello to escape the early stages of the American Revolution in Williamsburg, Virginia...
, the fleet to which his vessel belonged was struck by a storm. His ship and four others were beached and wrecked.
He also wrote an ecclesiastic rhetoric: Rhetoris Christiani partes septem: exemplis cum sacris tum philosphicis illustratae. Nunc primum in lucem prodeunt. Lyon, Sumptibus Horatij Cardon, 1619, [24], 391 p.; reedited in Amberes, 1659.
External links
- Arriaga, Pablo José de, La extirpación de la idolatría en el Perú