Author: GALLEGOS Y CASTRO, Estevan José
Title: Oracion funebre en las exequias con que se solemnizo el dia XXIII. de agosto de MDCCLXX. la translacion de los huesos del Ilmo. Se–or D.D. Diego del Corro, dignísimo Arzobispo de Lima, á esta Santa Iglesia Catedral desde el Pueblo de San Gerónimo de Xauxa, donde falleció visitando la diocesi. Dixola el D. D. Estevan Joseph Gallegos, dignidad maestre escuela en dicha Santa Iglesia Metropolitana.
Description: Lima: en la Imprenta de los Ni–os Huérfanos [1770]. 4to. [12], 30p. Vellum covers. Very good condition. Signs of a bookplate removed from front pastedown. ****** Provides valuable biographical information on Diego del Corro, 15th archbishop of Lima. Corro was educated at Rome and a doctor of the University of Sigüenza. In 1752 he became bishop of Papayán and later, in 1758, was made archbishop of Lima. He died at Jauja in 1761 whilst on a pastoral visit to his diocese. This oration was delivered on the occasion of the transfer of his remains from Jauja to the Cathedral at Lima. Medina, Lima, 1309. Not in Palau. Not in BLC. NUC gives 2 locations: Yale & Duke U.L.

Keywords: Diego del Corro, Lima, Peru, Latin America, Americana, antiquarian, funeral sermon


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