Ignacio de Arbieto
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Ignacio de Arbieto (Born Madrid, 1585, died Lima, Peru, 7 August 1670) was a Jesuit, joining in 1603 and ordained as a priest in Lima, in 1612, who was a philosopher and historian of Peru.
Arbieto was appointed chair of philosophy in Quito, Ecuador, then he went to Arequipa and finally Lima.
He spend his final years writing "Historia del Perú y de las fundaciones que he hecho en él la Compañía de Jesús," the manuscript is presentlu in the National Archives of Lima
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- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
Jesuit, born at Madrid, February, 1585; died at lima, Peru, 7 August 1670. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1603, and was ordained a priest at Lima, in 1612. He was appointed to the chair of philosophy at Quito in Ecuador, went thence to Arequipa, and finally to Lima, where he died. He taught (with interruptions) for twenty-five years in Peru, and spent his last years in writing the The manuscript is at , and in a hopeless state of decay.
