Bartolomé de Olmedo

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A 1678 painting of Bartolomé de Olmedo' baptizing Tlaxcalan women.

Bartolomé de Olmedo (c. 1485 – 1524)[1] was a Spanish priest who accompanied Hernan Cortes on his 1519 expedition. He was the first Christian priest to set foot in Mexico.

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