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'''Ignacio de Arbieto''' (1585 &ndash; 7 August 1670) was a Jesuit [[philosopher]] and [[historian]] of [[Peru]].<ref name=CE>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Ignacio de Arbieto |volume=1 |first=Adolph Francis Alphonse |last=Bandelier}}</ref>

==Biography==

Arbieto was born in [[Madrid]].  He joined the [[Jesuit Order]] in 1603 and was ordained as a priest in [[Lima]], Peru, in 1612.  He was appointed chair of philosophy in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], then he went to [[Arequipa]] and finally back to Lima.<ref name=CE/>

He spent his final years writing "Historia del Perú y de las fundaciones que he hecho en él la Compañía de Jesús".<ref name=CE/> The manuscript is in the [[National Archives of Lima]].  He died in Lima on 7 August 1670.<ref name=CE/>

==See also==
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