Diego de Avendaño

Diego de Avendaño (1594 in Segovia – 1688), was a Peruvian Jesuit, a theologian, jurist and moral philosopher. He was the author of the monumental Thesaurus Indicus, a study of the legal and moral issues typical of life in the Spanish-American colonies.

Life
Diego de Avendaño was born in Segovia in 1594 and moved to South America at an early age. He was educated by Jesuits in South America and joined their order. He became professor of Theology and Rector of the Colegio Máximo de San Pablo de Lima, and served as provincial of the Jesuits in Peru. Very little is known about his personal life. His books were published in Europe.

Works

 * Epithalamium Christi et Sacrae Sponsae (Lyon, 1653).
 * Amphitheatrum misericordiae (Lyon, 1656).
 * Cartas annuas de la Provincia del Perú de la Compañía de Jesús de los años 1663 a 1665 al R. P. General de la misma Compañía (manuscript, now lost).
 * Expositio Psalmi LXVIII (Lyon, 1666).
 * Thesaurus Indicus (Antwerp, 1668-1686).
 * Auctarium Indicum (Antwerp, 1675-1686).
 * Problemata theologica (Antwerp, 1678).
 * Cursus consummatus (Antwerp, 1686).