Diego Francisco Altamirano
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Diego Francisco Altamirano was a Jesuit and author, born at Madrid, 26 October 1625; died in Lima, 22 December, 1715.[1]
He wrote the "Historia de la provincia Peruana de la Compañía de Jésus", the twelfth book only of which was published, in 1891, by Manuel Vicente Ballivian, with a short biographical notice from the pen of Torres Saldamando. It was followed by another by Altamirano: "Breve noticia de las misiones de los infieles que tiena la Compañía de Jésus en esta provincia del Peru, en las provincias de los Mojos", also with introduction by Saldamando.
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- ^ Diego Francisco Altamirano - From the Catholic Encyclopedia
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
