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ORE, Luis Jeronimo de
(o'-ray), Peruvian R. C. bishop, born in Huamanga, Peru; died in
Concepcion, Chile, in 1628. After his ordination he was appointed professor in
the College of the Twelve Apostles, Peru, and in 1612 he was sent as commissary
to Florida. He was nominated bishop of Concepcion in 1620.
He was a voluminous writer, and published collections of
his sermons, treatises on theology, and lives of the saints. It was as an Indian
scholar that he chiefly distinguished himself, having become familiar with all
the Peruvian dialects, into which he translated several religious works.
He wrote "Orden de enseñar la doctrina
Cristiana en las lenguas Quichua y Aymara" (Lima, 1598); "Simbolo Catolico
Indiano"; " Una Descripcion del Nuevo orbe y de las costumbres de sus Naturales
" (1598); "Relacion de los Martires que ha habido en Florida" (1604); and "
Manuale Peruanum ac brevem formam administrandi sacramenta juxta ordinem Sanctae
Ecclesia Romanae cure translationibus in linguas Provinciarum Peruanarum"
(Naples, 1607).
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia by John Looby, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
ORE, Luis Jeronimo de (o'-ray), Peruvian R. C. bishop, born in Huamanga, Peru; died in Concepcion, Chili, in 1628. After his ordination he was appointed professor in the College of the Twelve Apostles, Peru, and in 1612 he was sent as commissary to Florida. He was nominated bishop of Concepcion in 1620. He was a voluminous writer, and published collections of his sermons, treatises on theology, and lives of the saints. It was as an Indian scholar that he chiefly distinguished himself, having become familiar with all the Peruvian dialects, into which he translated several religious works. He wrote "Orden de ensei'iar la doctrina Cristiana en las lenguas Quichua y Aymara" (Lima, 1598) ; "Simbolo Catolico Indiano"; " Una Descripcion del Nuevo orbe y de las costumbres de sus Naturales " (1598); "Relacion de los Martires que ha habido en Florida" (1604) ; and " Manuale Peruanum ac brevem formam administrandi sacramenta juxta ordinem Sanctae Ecclesia Romanae cure translationibus in linguas Provinciarum Peruanarum" (Naples, 1607).
