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ORDONEZ, Diego (or-done'-yeth), Central American
author, born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1491; died in Sombrerete, Mexico, in 1608.
He entered the priesthood in early youth and became archdean of his native city,
but in 1511 he left this post, entered the order of St. Francis, and a few years
afterward came with five other monks to Guatemala.
He founded the villages of Alotenango and San Pedro Xoh,
became provincial of his order for Guatemala, and after thirty years of
missionary labor was called to Mexico as a judge of the Inquisition.
Although he was more than a centenarian, he began his
missionary labor again in the province of New Biscay, and one day while
preaching at Sombrerete fainted in the pulpit and died thirty days afterward, at
the age of 117.
According to Vasquez, he was the first to write in the
Cakchiquel language. His works are "Doctrina dogmatica en lengua de Guatemala
para instruir a los Indios," "Exhortaciones sobre la Penitencia y Comunión," in
Quiche dialect; and "Sermones panegiricos y morales en lengua de Guatemala"
--all of which are in manuscript in the convent of Guatemala; and "Comentarios
del Subtil Dr. Scoto" (Spanish manuscript), in the convent of Nombre de Dios,
Zacatecas.
ORDONEZ, Diego (or-done'-yeth), Central American author, born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1491 ; died in Sombrerete, Mexico, in 1608. He entered the priesthood in early youth and became archdean of his native city, but in 1511 he left this post, entered the order of St. Francis, and a few years afterward came with five other monks to Guatemala. He founded the villages of Aletenango and San Pedro Xoh, became provincial of his order for Guatemala, and after thirty years of missionary labor was called to Mexico as a judge of the Inquisition. Although he was more than a centenarian, he began his missionary labor again in the province of New Biscay, and one day while preaching at Sombrerete fainted in the pulpit and died thirty days afterward, at the age of 117. According to Vasquez, he was the first to write in the Cakchiquel language. His works are "Doctrina dogmatica en lengua de Guatemala para instruir, a los Indios," "Exhortaciones sobre la Penitencia y Comunidn," in Quiche dialect; and "Sermones panegiricos y morales en lengua de Guatemala "--all of which are in manuscript in the convent of Guatemala; and "Comentarios del Subtil Dr. Scoto" (Spanish manuscript), in the convent of Nombre de Dios, Zacateeas.
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