Fray José María Vargas Arévalo O.P. (1902–1988) was an Ecuadorian Dominican friar, writer, and historian.

Biography

He was born in Chordeleg, province of Azuay, Ecuador on November 9, 1902. He became an ordained priest on December 28, 1928. He wrote a biography of Fray Pedro Bedón and one about Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás. He received Ecuador's National Prize "

Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador. Decrees 677 and 699 (of August 1975 and September 1997, respectively) established the prize, which is conferred by the President ...

" in the Culture category in 1984. He died in Quito on March 25, 1988.

Works

* La Cultura del Quito Colonial * Nuestra Señora del Quinche * Arte Quiteño Colonial * La Misión Científica de los Geodésicos Franceses en Quito * La Conquista Espiritual del Imperio de los Incas * Ecuador: Monumentos Históricos y Arqueológicos * La Conquista Espiritual y Organización de la Iglesia Indiana Durante el Gobierno de Carlos V * Gil Ramírez Dávalos: Fundador de Cuenca * Don Hernando de Santillán y la Fundación de la Real Audiencia de Quito * La Evangelización en el Ecuador

References

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