Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza (1750–1825) was a
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian academic. He was a precursor of
national independence
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. He was a priest, a professor, and a
tribune
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.
Early life
He was born on 15 April 1750 in
Chachapoyas, while
José Antonio Manso de Velasco,
count of Superunda, was governing the
Viceroyalty of Peru
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.
When the Republic was born, he was next to his disciples, sharing the responsibilities of the
first Peruvian Constituent Congress.
During that time,
Chachapoyas was a district of the
Bishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
of
Trujillo. In this city, the region's main political and intellectual institutions were found. Still a child, he was sent to this city to attend
seminary
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.
He studied
Latin
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and prepared himself to continue