Vincente de Valverde
Deceased Person
– 1541
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Who was Vincente de Valverde?
Vicente de Valverde y Alvarez de Toledo, O.P., was a Spanish Dominican friar, who was involved in the Conquest of the Americas. He became the first resident bishop in South America. He was born in Oropesa, Spain, about 1495 and most sources claim he died on Puná Island, now part of Ecuador, in 1541, at the hands of the indigenous peoples.
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- Also known as
- Vincent de Valverde
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Oct 31, 1541
Puná Island
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on July 23, 2013
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