Agustín Dávila Padilla
Encyclopedia
Dávila Padilla (b. Mexico City
, 1562; d. 1604) was a Mexican Dominican
, a writer and Bishop of Santo Domingo.
He was successively definitor and procurator of the Mexican province of his order and was sent to Rome and Madrid as its representative. In 1601 he was made Bishop of Santo Domingo, where he died.
Mexico City
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, 1562; d. 1604) was a Mexican Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
, a writer and Bishop of Santo Domingo.
Life
At the age of sixteen he graduated at the University of Mexico as master of arts and soon after entered the Dominican Order. He held the chairs of philosophy and theology at Puebla and Mexico.He was successively definitor and procurator of the Mexican province of his order and was sent to Rome and Madrid as its representative. In 1601 he was made Bishop of Santo Domingo, where he died.