Diego Durán (1537–1588)
Author of Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar
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- Canonical name
- Durán, Diego
- Other names
- Durán, Fray Diego
- Birthdate
- 1537
- Date of death
- 1588
- Gender
- male
- Education
- School in Mexico City
believed to have been tutored by Fray Francisco de Aguilar - Occupations
- friar
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historian
ethnographer - Organizations
- Dominican Order
- Short biography
- Diego Durán (c. 1537–1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, The History of the Indies of New Spain, a book that was much criticized in his lifetime for helping the "heathen" maintain their culture. Durán was born sometime around 1537 in Spain. His family traveled to Mexico when he was very young.
- Nationality
- Spain (birth)
- Birthplace
- Spain
- Places of residence
- Texcoco, Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxtepec, Mexico - Place of death
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Associated Place (for map)
- Mexico
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