Miguel de benavides biography of william
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Miguel of Benavides
ca.
Miguel de benavides biography of william
1550-25.07.1615
A brief history of the arrival of the Dominicans on the Philippines.
A brief biography.
Miguel deBenavides was born ca 1550 in Varrión de los Condes (Palencia) andjoinedtheDominican Orderin thepriorySan Pablo of Valladolid 1570.
He studied at the Colegio de San Gregorio in Valladolid, received the priesthood and was lector in his priory. After the arrival in Manila of the Augustinians (1565), Franciscans (24.6. 1577) and Jesuits (1581), Miguel of Benavides sailed withthe first band of Dominican missionaries in 1586 from Spain to Veracruz and reached the Philippines 15 July 1587
BishopDomingo de Salazar,O.P., the first Bishop of the See of Manila(1578),
asked him and other Dominicansto take thepastoral care of the Chinese People in Manila.
They built the hospital of San Gabriel for them.
1590 de Benavides visited China andin1591 he accompanied BishopDominic ofSalazar to Spain, who pleads the cause of the Filipinos before the King.