Jacinto Barrasa (or Barraza) (born at

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

, Peru, early in the seventeenth century; died there, 22 November 1704) was a Peruvian

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preacher and historian. In the seventeenth century, the different

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s appointed historiographers or official chroniclers of the work done in their American provinces. The Jesuits selected

Ignacio de Arbieto Ignacio de Arbieto (1585 – 7 August 1670) was a Jesuit philosopher and historian of Peru. Biography Arbieto was born in Madrid. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1603 and was ordained as a priest in Lima, Peru, in 1612. He was appointed chair ...

for their Peruvian missions, but as his account was not accepted, Jacinto Barrasa was appointed in his stead.

Works

His fame was principally as a preacher, and two volumes of his "Sermones" were published, one at

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in 1678, the other at Lima in 1679. In the latter year he finished his voluminous history of the Society of Jesus in Peru, which is still at Lima in private hands, and comprises 1,350 pages of manuscript. Its title is: . No allusions are made in that chronicle to any other events than those of a religious or ecclesiastical nature. In addition to his "Sermones", a "Panegirico", pronounced by him in 1669 on the beatification of

Rose of Lima Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city thro ...

, was also printed.

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Attribution

* The entry cites: **, (Lima, 1882); ** Bernabé Cobo, (published at Lima, 1882, but written in 1639). {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrasa, Jacinto 1704 deaths 18th-century Peruvian Jesuits Year of birth unknown 18th-century Peruvian historians Peruvian male writers People from Lima