Lima limata conciliis, constitutionibus synodalibus, et aliis monumetntis. Quibus venerab. servus Dei Toribius Alphonsus Mogroveius archiepisc. Limanus provinciam limensem,

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Author: Toribio Alfonso de M ogrovejo Turibe (1538-1606) translated by Francis Harold (?-1685) Year: 1673 Publisher: Typis Josephi Corvi Place: Romæ (Rome) Description: [32]+xxxiv+379+[22] pages with portrait plate facing page 1. Folio (12 3/4" x 9") bound later stiff vellum with five raised spine bands. (Volume fort rare"--LeClerc 1757. European Americana 673/105; Medina BHA 1547; Palau 112325; Sabin 30415) First Latin edition. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. He first studied in the humanities and law before serving as a professor and later as the Grand Inquisitor at the behest of King Philip II. His piousness and learning had reached the ears of the king who appointed him to that position which was considered unusual since he had no previous government or judicial experience. His noted work for the Inquisition earned him praise from the king who nominated him for the vacant Lima archdiocese. The pope confirmed this despite his protests. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1578 in Granada (after four consecutive weeks of receiving the minor orders) and Pope Gregory XIII named him on 16 May 1579 as the Archbishop of Lima; he received his episcopal consecration in August 1580 from the Archbishop of Seville Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval. The new archbishop first arrived in Paita on 12 May 1581 which was 600 miles – or 970 kilometers – f

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