Domingo de Vico

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Domingo de Vico was a Spanish Dominican friar during the Spanish conquest of Chiapas and the conquest of Guatemala in the 16th century. He was originally from Jaén.[1] Chronicler Antonio de Remesal [es; gl] recorded that de Vico studied theology in Úbeda and finished his studies in the San Esteban convent in Salamanca.[2]

Domingo de Vico set out from Spain on 9 July 1544 with a group led by

Acala Ch'ol in the unconquered area that was then referred to by the Spanish as the Tierra de Guerra ("Land of War"),[5] and also as Verapaz.[4]

Works

In 1544,

Ch’ol language and was able to preach to the Lakandon and Acala in their own language.[9]

De Vico wrote some religious poems in Kaqchikel upon the

Passion of Christ. A work entitled Los Proverbios de Salomón, las Epístolas y los Evangelios de todo el año, en lengua mexicana ("The Proverbs of Solomon, the Epistles and Gospels for the whole year, in the Mexican tongue") was prevented from being published by the Spanish Inquisition.[4]

Death

In 1555, Domingo de Vico and his companion Andrés López were killed by the Acala and their Lakandon allies.

Alta Verapaz, Guatemala), had offended the local Maya ruler by repeatedly scolding him for taking several wives.[11] The indigenous leader shot the friar through the throat with an arrow; the angry natives then sacrificed him by cutting open his chest and extracting his heart. His corpse was then decapitated;[12] the natives carried off his head as a trophy, which was never recovered by the Spanish.[13] In retaliation, the Spanish rounded up 260 Ch'ol in 1559, hanged 80 and branded the rest as slaves.[9]

Citations

  1. ^ Hernández 2008, p. 67.
  2. ^ a b Hernández 2008, p. 69.
  3. ^ Gómez Coutiño 2014, pp. 18, 18n8.
  4. ^ a b c García Ahumada 1994, p. 222.
  5. ^ Gómez Coutiño 2014, p. 23; Thompson 1966, p. 29.
  6. ^ Megged 1995, p. 68.
  7. ^ Acuña 1985, p. 283.
  8. ^ Acuña 1985, p. 284.
  9. ^ a b Thompson 1966, p. 29.
  10. ^ Caso Barrera & Aliphat 2007, p. 53.
  11. ^ Salazar 2000, pp. 38, 52; ITMB 1998.
  12. ^ Salazar 2000, p. 39.
  13. ^ Salazar 2000, p. 35.

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