Pedro Abarca

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Pedro Abarca (born July 16, 1619 in Jaca , Huesca Province , Aragon , † August 23, 1697 in Salamanca ) was a Spanish theologian and historian .

Abarca became a Jesuit in 1641 and taught theology at the University of Salamanca for 25 years . He wrote several theological works in Latin, such as a Tractatus teologici de Scientia Dei , De Concordia , De Incarnatione , De Perfectionibus Christi and others

Abarca also emerged as the author of historical writings, especially with his work Los Reyes de Aragón en anales históricos (2 vols., Madrid 1682 and Salamanca 1684), written in Spanish , which describes the history of Aragon from the time of the Moorish invasion to the end of the Government of Ferdinand the Catholic dealt with. The highest council of Aragon contributed 200 ducats from the royal income for the printing costs of this work. It is largely a short version of the Zurita Annals , which cover exactly the same period; but where the author felt it necessary, he also added his own remarks. It received a lot of praise from Spanish reviewers. In the preface to the first volume, Diego de la Cueva y Aldana , Bishop of Valladolid, characterizes Zurita as the Herodotus Aragon and Abarca as his Thucydides .

Other historical works by Abarca in Spanish are a treatise on the descent of Alonso de Solis , a treatise on the first kings of Pamplona and a discourse on the history of the Church of the Redeemer and Basílica del Pilar in Zaragoza .

literature

  • Javier Burrieza Sánchez: Abarca, Pedro de , in: Diccionario biográfico español , Madrid 2009–2013, online version
  • Thomas Campbell:  Pedro Abarca . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 1, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1907.
  • E.-M. Rivière: Abarca (Pedro de) . In: Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques , Vol. 1 (1913), Col. 15.
  • Abarca (Pierre) , in: Nouvelle Biographie Générale , Vol. 1 (1852), Col. 33.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Date of birth and death according to E.-M. Rivière, Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclésiastiques , vol. 1, col. 15; the Nouvelle Biographie Générale (vol. 1, col. 33) and other dictionaries state that Pedro Abarca died on October 1st, 1693 in Palencia , which according to E.-M. Rivière based on confusion with one of his homonyms.
personal data
SURNAME Abarca, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Jesuit, theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH Jaca , Huesca Province , Aragon
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1697
Place of death Salamanca