Baltasar de Baños (d. 1654 )

Baltasar de Baños (d. 1654 ) Spanish friar from Belmonte. Joined the order in the Carthagena province near the end of the sixteenth century. Came to Guatemala around 1610/14. Active as theology teacher and as a preacher. Hailed by Francisco Vázquez for his homiletic and theological prowess. Baltasar was apparently appointed chronicler for his order province shortly before his death on December 8, 1654.

Works

• Tratado de Conceptione (apparently unpublished?)

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