Pedro Páez
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Olmeda De Las Fuentes |
Spain | |
Date of died | May 25,1622 |
Died | Gorgora |
Ethiopia | |
Other name | Portuguese |
Books | Pedro Páez's History of Ethiopia, 1622 |
Church | Catholic Church |
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ID | 1660510 |
Pedro Páez Life story
Pedro Páez Jaramillo, S.J., was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many experts on Ethiopia to be the most effective Catholic missionary in Ethiopia. He is believed to be the first European to see and describe the source of the Blue Nile, which he reached on 21 April 1618.