He founded the College of St. Francis Xavier in Puebla de Los Angeles for the training of Jesuit missionaries to the Indians, and built in Mexico the College of St. Mary of Guadeloupe for Indian girls.

He wrote "Constituciones para el Colegio de Indias doncellas de Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe de Mejico," "Consultas al Rme P. Ignacio Visconti, General de la Compania de Jesus," " Carta al Rme P. Genera1 de la Comp. de Jesus Luis Centurione," and "Representaciones al Arzobispo y a la Real Audiencia de Mejico, sobre la fundación del Colegio para las Indias."

HERDONANA, Antonio Modesto, Mexican clergyman, born in Tepeapulco, Mexico, 12 February, 1709; died in Puebla de Los Angeles, 31 May, 1758. He became a member of the Jesuit order on 1 June, 1730, and devoted himself to the ministry of the Indians in the city of Mexico, where he lived twenty-four years. He founded the College of St. Francis Xavier in Puebla de Los Angeles for the training of Jesuit missionaries to the Indians, and built in Mexico the College of St. Mary of Guadeloupe for Indian girls. He wrote "Constituclones para el Colegio de Indias doncellas de Ntra Sra de Guadelupe de Mejico," "Consultas al Rme P. Ignacio Visconti, General de la Compania de Jesus," " Carta al Rme P. Genera1 de la Comp. de Jesus Luis Centurione," and "Representaciones al Arzobispo y £ la Real Audiencia de Mejico, sobre la fundaciSn del Colegio para las Indias."