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Fray Thomas de San Martín

Roman Catholic prelate and bishop

Field	Value
type	el feo ctm
honorific-prefix	Most Reverend
name	Thomás de San Martín
title	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
image	Fray Tomás de San Martín.jpg
church	Catholic Church
diocese	Diocese of La Plata o Charcas
term	1552–1559
predecessor	None
successor	Fernando González de la Cuesta
rank
birth_date	March 7, 1482
birth_place	Córdoba, Spain
death_date	1559
nationality	Spanish

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend Fray Thomas de San Martín (March 7, 1482 – August 31, 1555) was the founder of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, a notable Spanish scholar, and was appointed the first Bishop of La Plata o Charcas (1552–1559).

Biography

Early life

San Martín was born in Palencia (in modern-day Castile-Leon). In his youth, he was inspired by the ideals of medieval chivalry. Later he entered in the convent of San Pablo de Córdoba and became professor of arts and theology where he gained the reputation as a prolific scholar. He was sent to Seville to attend the Saint Thomas College.

Achievements in the New World

His work in Peru began as a priest and physician during the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 1530s. Together with Pizarro and the other conquistadors he brought Catholicism to the New World. Cristóbal Vaca de Castro, who was sent by the Spanish crown to impose order on the newly conquered territories, asked Fray Tomás to establish a provisional government in Peru. It is said that he was selected by Vaca de Castro for the task because of his moral authority and the prestige he enjoyed.

On June 27, 1552, he was appointed by Pope Julius III as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas. He served as Bishop La Plata o Charcas until his death in 1559. During this period, he was highly critical of the brutality of the conquistadors towards the indigenous peoples of the Americas. While Bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Bernardino de Carmona, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela.

After his work as priest and scholar over 25 years, he was appointed the first rector magnificus of National University of San Marcos.

Final days

He died at his home in the Convent of Rosario in Lima on August 31, 1555 at the age of 72.

References

Eubel, Konrad. (1923). "HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III". Libreria Regensbergiana.
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsanma.html "Bishop Tomás de San Martín, O.P."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

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