Full Name Celso Pompilio Name Jose Vargas Denomination Dominican Order | Religion Catholic Nationality Ecuadorian | |
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Resting place "Convento Maximo" of Quito Occupation Dominican Friar, Writer, Historian | ||
Fray José María Vargas Arevelo O.P. (1902–1988) was an Ecuadorian Dominican friar, writer, and historian.
He was born in Chordeleg, province of Azuay, Ecuador on November 9, 1902.
He became an ordained priest on December 28, 1928. He wrote a biography of Fray Pedro Bedón and one about Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás.
He received Ecuador's National Prize "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in the Culture category in 1984.
He died in Quito on March 25, 1988.
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