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Nos el doctor d[on] Pedro de Villagomez, por la gracia de Dios, y de la santa sede apostica [sic] arçobispo de Lima, del consejo del rey n[uestro] señor, &c. A vos los curas, capellanes, sacristanes, y personas eclesiasticas, y religiosos desta ciudad, y arçobispado, y a las personas a quien lo contenido en esta carta toca, y atañe, tocar, y atañer puede en qualquier manera, salud, y benidicion en n[uestro] señor Iesu Christo, que es la verdadera salud, Bien sabeis, y deueis saber, como auiendo precedido las solemnidades, y requisitos que dispone el santo Concilio de Trento, huuimos dado, y dimos la primera, carta general de censuras, por auerse presentado ante nos la peticion del tenor siguiente

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by Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Lima. Archbishop

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Spanish
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 44 x 32 cm. (fol.) Blank form Title from caption Dated at end of text: Dada en [blank] firmada de nuestro mano, sellada con el sello de nuestras armas, y refrendada de nuestro infrascripto secretario, en [blank] Petition of Luis Fernandez de Herrera, a medical doctor who served as an apostolic visitador in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Fernandez de Herrera was responsible for reporting cases of witchcraft and idolatry among the Indian population Woodcut initial John Carter Brown Library copy has manuscript text after caption title partially filled in as: Illmo. y Rmo. S. el liçenciado Luis Fernandez de Herrara cura de San Ju[an] de Lurigancho como mejor proçeda Purchase; 18-036

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description and “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

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1670[Lima : s.n.]; Sine nomineSpanishPublic

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  • Contributing institution: John Carter Brown Library
  • Digitization sponsor: John Carter Brown Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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openlibrary-work:OL24971277W
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