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Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, born in Aragon, in 1628; died in 1694

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Friar Minor Capuchin and theologian, born in Aragon, in 1628; died in 1694. He did much in the evangelization of the Indian tribes in Spanish America. He wrote a work entitled "Ars addicendi atque docendi idiomata", and likewise a "Lexicon, seu vocabularium verborum, adverbiorum, etc.", for the use of missionaries among the Indians (Madrid, 1678). A biography of Father Carabantes was published at Madrid in 1705 by Diego Gonzales de Quiraga.

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APA citation. Donovan, S. (1908). José de Carabantes. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03328b.htm

MLA citation. Donovan, Stephen. "José de Carabantes." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03328b.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Christine J. Murray.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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