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ZARCO, Giulio, Italian missionary, born in Naples in 1490: died in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1549. He was educated in Spain, entered the Franciscan order, and was among the twelve friars that came to Mexico in 1524 with Martin do Valencia. He learned the Indian languages, and in 1525 was sent to the province of Michoacan with another missionary and the king Catzonzi, whom he had just baptized, and labored there with success, establishing schools for the Indians, and building chapels, churches, hospitals, and a college for the new converts, he became afterward provincial of Jalisco, and met with remarkable success.

Zarco was very proficient in Indian dialects, and wrote numerous hymns and prayers in Aztec. He also translated several passages of scripture and composed in Tarasco "Doctrina Cristiana," which is preserved in manuscript in the Vatican library at Rome, and mentioned with praise by several authors, He wrote also "Arte de la lengua Tarasca," which is cited by Ramusio and Ternaux Compans. The manuscript is lost, but an abridged copy of it is in the National library of Paris.

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ZARCO, Giulio, Italian missionary, born in Naples in 1490: died in Jaliseo, Mexico, in 1549. He was educated in Spain, entered the Franciscan order, and was among the. twelve friars that came to Mexico in 1524 with Martin do Valencia. He learned the Indian languages, and in 1525 was sent to the province of Michoacan with another missionary and the king Catzonzi, whom he had just baptized, and labored there with success, establishing schools for the Indians, and building chapels, churches, hospitals, and a college for the new converts, he became afterward provincial of Jalisco, and met with remarkable success. Zareo was very proficient in Indian dialects, and wrote numerous hymns and prayers in Aztec. He also translated several passages of scripture and composed in Tarasco "Doctrina Cristiana," which is preserved in manuscript in the Vatican library at Rome, and mentioned with praise by several authors, He wrote also "Arte de la lengua Tarasca," which is cited by Ramusio and Ternaux Compans. The manuscript is lost, but an abridged copy of it is in the National library of Paris.

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