Juan Díaz (friar)

Juan Díaz
BornSonsonate, El Salvador
DiedOctober 17, 1651
Guatemala
OccupationDominican priest and friar
LanguageSpanish
Notable worksVida y virtudes del venerable fray Andrés del Valle

Juan Díaz (died 1651) was a priest and friar of the Dominican Order[1] known for writing the biography Vida y virtudes del venerable fray Andrés del Valle.

Díaz was born in Sonsonate, El Salvador and took his vows in Guatemala.[2][3] Over the course of his career, he headed the Convento de Santo Domingo in Sonsonate and administered several towns including Escuintla, Guatemala.[2][3][4]

Díaz was a follower of the friar Andrés del Valle, and his biography Vida y virtudes del venerable fray Andrés del Valle (Life and Virtues of the Venerable Friar Andrés del Valle) is a principal example of early Salvadoran literature.[2][5][6] The National Library of Guatemala holds the manuscript of this work.[2]

Díaz died at an advanced age in Guatemala on October 17, 1651.[2][4]

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References

  1. ^ Esteban Arroyo González (1997). Misioneros dominicos de Chiapas, entre lobos y corderos [Dominican Missionaries of Chiapas, Between Wolves and Lambs] (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Históricas Provincia de Santiago de México. p. 289. OCLC 39752391.
  2. ^ a b c d e Ítalo López Vallecillos (1964). El periodismo en El Salvador [Journalism in El Salvador] (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria. p. 11. OCLC 2310770.
  3. ^ a b David Escobar Galindo (1988). Páginas patrióticas salvadoreñas [Salvadoran Patriotic Pages] (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicaciones, Viceministerio de Comunicaciones, Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos. p. 27. OCLC 19617636.
  4. ^ a b Antonio de Molina; Agustín Cano; Francisco Ximénez; Bartolomié de Viveros (1943). Antigua Guatemala [Old Guatemala] (in Spanish). Unión Tipográfica. p. 61. OCLC 67416836.
  5. ^ Leonardo Montalbán (1931). Historia de la literatura de la América Central [History of Literature in Central America] (in Spanish). Tipografía del Ministerio de Instruccion Pública. p. 175. OCLC 15781134.
  6. ^ Luis Gallegos Valdés (1962). Panorama de la literatura salvadoreña [Panorama of Salvadoran Literature] (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Dirección General de Publicaciones. p. 15. OCLC 1671187.