The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 - 1597-1599 by Unknown
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for its support, viz.: by Spain, $12,000; by Portugal, $4,000; by
Brazil, $2,000; by Naples, about $700. (See Ferraris--_Bibliotheca_, art. "Bulla Cruciatæ.")--_Rev. T.C. Middleton_, O.S.A. [34] Another appellation of the diocese of Nueva Segovia, which comprised the province of Cagayan. [35] This was Fray Pedro de Agurto, bishop of Cebú; his official appellation in the text is derived from the name of the capital city of Cebú. Agurto was a native of Mexico; he became a friar in the Augustinian order, in which he filled many important posts. He took possession of his diocese of Cebú on October 14, 1598, and died at Cebú on the tenth anniversary of that day (1608). |
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