Gerónimo de Mendieta

Author

1525 – 1604

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Who was Gerónimo de Mendieta?

Fray Gerónimo de Mendieta, alternatively Jerónimo de Mendieta, was a Franciscan missionary and historian, who spent most of his life in the Spanish Empire's new possessions in Mexico and Central America.

His main work is the Historia eclesiástica indiana that recounts the history of evangelization in the colony of New Spain in the Americas.

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Born
1525
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Nationality
  • Spain
Died
1604
Mexico City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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