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The Franciscan Teachers of Bernardo O’Higgins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Jaime Eyzaguirre
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The evangelization of the Chilean natives, which was always a motive of special interest to the kings of Spain, received new impetus in the last years of the Austrian dynasty. By the royal decree of May 11, 1697, Charles II ordained the formation of a council for the missions of Chile and the establishment of a college in that country to educate the sons of the caciques of Arauco. Don Tomás Marín de Poveda, the governor, had the responsibility of putting into execution the commands of the monarch. He established the council and from its meetings resulted the foundation in Chilian of a college for natives.

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Research Article
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The Americas , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , July 1955 , pp. 43 - 49
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1955

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References

1 Enrich, Francisco, Historia de la Compañía de Jesús en Chile (2 vols.; Barcelona, 1891), II, 31.Google Scholar

2 Ibid., p. 36.Google Scholar

3 Diego Barros Arana, however, does not think that the sequestered properties and riches of the Jesuits were extensive. He mentions a circulated report that the Jesuits, forewarned in time, had sent much of their money to Italy. Orígines de Chile (2 vols.; Santiago de Chile, 1933–1934), I, 62.Google Scholar

4 Ibid., p. 150.Google Scholar