Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita
Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1624, Bogotá – March 29, 1688) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Panamá (1676–1688) and the Bishop of Santa Marta (1668–1676). He authored the Historia general de las conquistas de; Nuevo Reyno de Granada, a la S.C.R.M. de D. Carlos Segundo, 1688, which has shaped colonial era and modern understandings of the Muisca indigenous people.
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- Name
- Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
- Born
- 1624
- Birthplace
- Santa Fe de Bogotá
- Died
- March 29, 1688 (age 64)
- Place of death
- Panama City
- Nationality
- New Kingdom of Granada
- Occupation
- historian · writer · catholic bishop
- Education
- Saint Thomas Aquinas University
- Languages
- Spanish
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Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita (1624, Bogotá – March 29, 1688) was a Spanish Neogranadine Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Panamá (1676–1688) and the Bishop of Santa Marta (1668–1676). He authored the Historia general de las conquistas de; Nuevo Reyno de Granada, a la S.C.R.M. de D. Carlos Segundo, 1688, which has shaped colonial era and modern understandings of the Muisca indigenous people.
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Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita (1624–1688) was a catholic bishop, historian and writer and a national of the New Kingdom of Granada. Born in Bogotá, the catholic bishop died in Panama City.
Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita studied at Saint Thomas Aquinas University. The catholic bishop held the positions of bishop of Santa Marta and diocesan bishop. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Honorific Prefix — Most Reverend • Name — Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita • Title — Bishop of Panama • Church — Catholic Church • Diocese — Diocese of Panamá • Term — 1676–1688 • Predecessor — Antonio de León y Becerra • Successor — Diego Ladrón de Guevara • Consecration — 1669 • Consecrated By — Antonio Sanz Lozano • Born — 1624 • Birthplace — Santa Fe de Bogotá • Died — March 29, 1688 (age 64) • Place of death — Panama City • Parents — Domingo Hernández de Soto Piedrahita (father) Catalina de Collantes (mother) • Previous Post — Bishop of Santa Marta (1668–1676)
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Biography
Lucas Fernández de Soto Piedrahita was born in Santa Fe de Bogotá as son of Domingo Hernández de Soto Piedrahita and Catalina de Collantes. He had one brother and two sisters: Gregorio Hernández de Collantes, María Sayago and Maria Fernández de Piedrahita and his mother was of Inca descent. On February 27, 1668, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Santa Marta. In 1669, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Sanz Lozano, Bishop of Cartagena. On November 16, 1676, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Panamá. He served as Bishop of Panamá until his death on March 29, 1688. He was the principal consecrator of Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa, Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga.
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• Illustration — Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, 1688 Fernández de Piedrahita has contributed extensively on the knowledge about the Muisca, the inhabitants of Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the arrival of the Spanish.
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Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita · Historia General de las Conquistas de Nuevo Reino de Granada
![Frontis de Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Granada de Lucas Fernández Piedrahita, impreso por Juan Baptista Verdussen en Amberes, [1688]. Grabado calcográfico de Joseph Mulder](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Mulder-nueva_granada.jpg/800px-Mulder-nueva_granada.jpg)
Frontis de Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Granada de Lucas Fernández Piedrahita, impreso por Juan Baptista Verdussen en Amberes, [1688]. Grabado calcográfico de Joseph Mulder
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- 1.Ritzler, Remigius. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Messagero di S. Antonio. V. 305. 1952.
- 2.Ritzler, Remigius. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Messagero di S. Antonio. 258 and 305. 1952.
- 3.Arzobispo de Panama Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta C.M. Resena Historica de los Obispos que han ocupado la silla de Panama Publisher: Escuela Tipográfica Salesiana (1929) | P. 91-98
- 4.Juan F. Cobo Betancourt, (2024). The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada. Open access. Cambridge University Press, pp. 23-24
- 5.Cheney, David M. Bishop Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 2021.
- 6.Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita - Geni
- 7.Diccionario de historia cultural de la iglesia en América Latina - Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Cobo Betancourt, Juan F. (2024). The Coming of the Kingdom: The Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada. Open access. Cambridge University Press.
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