Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Diego Francisco Altamirano

93429Catholic Encyclopedia — Diego Francisco AltamiranoAdolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier



Altamirano, Diego Francisco, Jesuit, b. at Madrid, 26 October, 1625; d. Lima, 22 December, 1715. He wrote "Historia de la provincia Peruana de la Compañía de Jesús", the twelfth book only of which was published, in 1891, by Manuel Vicente Ballivian, with a sliort biographical notice from the pen of Torres Saldamando. It was followed by another by Altamirano: "Breve noticia de las misiones de los infieles que fione la Compañía de Jesús en esta provincia del Perú, en las provincias de los Mojos", also with introduction by Saldamando. The original MS. of the "Historia" is in the National Archives at Lima, in a deplorable state of decomposition.

Balliman, Documentos historicos de Bolivia (La Paz, 1891).