Diego Aduarte
Spanish Dominican friar, missionary and historian
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Diego Aduarte OP (1570–1636; born in Zaragoza) was a Spanish Dominican friar and historian. He was a missionary to the Philippine Islands and arrived there in 1595 with Blancas de San Jose.[1] In 1632 was made Prior of Manila. He died in 1636.[1]
Aduarte's works include an account of the difficulties and problems faced by Spanish missionaries introducing Christianity into Cambodia. He also made a biography of the missionary Juan Cobo.[2]
