CHAVEZ APARICIO, Fray Trinidad (chah'-veth), Spanish missionary, born in Segovia, Spain, 23 February, 1508; died in Cuba, in August, 1582. He studied at the University of Alcalá, was ordained priest at Toledo in 1530, and at once joined some missionaries coming to America. After his arrival at Vera Cruz, in April, 1531, Chavez traveled along the Papaloapan river, and began his missionary work in company with Fathers Diego and Jeronimo de la Cruz. They converted many Indians, erected several rustic buildings and dedicated them as churches, and Chavez remained among the natives after De la Cruz had died of fever in 1540. He continued his mission alone, baptized many caciques, taught them Spanish, and greatly improved their morals and customs.

According to Cardoso, he noticed that the members of the Indian nobility drank a special frothy beverage called "xocotl" tried it, and gathered information about its composition and origin, studied the cacao-plant and its culture, and, on his return to Spain in 1570, made the "chacolatl," which was called "chocolate," a corruption of the Indian name. Chavez was returning to Mexico when he died in Cuba. He left a work entitled " Origenes y cultivo de la plants del cacao."

CHAVEZ APARICIO, Fray Trinidad (chah'-veth), Spanish missionary, born in Segovia, Spain, 23 February, 1508; died in Cuba, in August, 1582. He studied at the University of Alcala, was ordained priest at Toledo in 1530, and at once joined some missionaries coming to America. After his arrival at Vera Cruz, in April, 1531, Chavez travelled along the Papaloapan river, and began his missionary work in company with Fathers Diego and Jerdnimo de la Cruz. They converted many Indians, erected several rustic buildings and dedicated them as churches, and Chavez remained among the natives after De la Cruz had died of fever in 1540. He continued his mission alone, baptized many ea-eiques, taught them Spanish, and greatly improved their morals and customs. According to Cardoso, he noticed that the members of the Indian nobility drank a special frothy beverage called "xocotl" tried it, and gathered information about its composition and origin, studied the cacao-plant and its culture, and, on his return to Spain in 1570, made the "chacolatl," which was called "chocolate," a corruption of the Indian name. Chavez was returning to Mexico when he died in Cuba. He left a work entitled " Origenes y eultivo de la plants del cacao."

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