Copia de la carta que el Obispo de Arequipa . . . provando la certeza que tiene, el aver sido la Virgen concebida sin pecado original

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Author: Agustino Pedro Perea (1565-1630) Year: 1629 Publisher: Jerónimo de Contreras Place: Lima Description: [47]+259+[36] pages and a colophon leaf not called for in Medina or Palau. Spanish text with Latin quotations. Small quarto (8" x 6") bound in contemporary vellum with hand lettering to spine. (Medina, Lima 137 (citing only the Biblioteca Medina copy); Palau 218288; Sabin 60877 ) First edition. A theological work by the Bishop of Arequipa. Fray Pedro Perea OSA (La Rioja 1619-Lima 1630) was the first bishop who actually entered the city and governed the new diocese of Arequipa. He was born in Briones (La Rioja, Spain) ; he entered the Order of Saint Augustine; he studied at the University of Salamanca, where he obtained a master's degree in theology. Appointed by Paulo V, he was recommended in 1617 and took possession of his seat in Arequipa on August 1, 1619, the same year in which he erected the cathedral and founded the Seminary of San Jerónimo. In addition, the erection of a special parish for the indigenous takes place, the realization of the general visit of the diocese in which he confirmed more than 10,000 people in the city and its surroundings, and divided some doctrines. The historian P. Enrique Fernández will say of him that "reveals his talent, but little discretion, the letter he wrote to Felipe III in April 1619 with some strange idea". He reported in 1623 "that in the diocese there were 54 doctrines, of which 14 were run by regulars, and that he issued

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