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Spanish priest
Bartolomé de Olmedo (c. 1485 – 1524)[1] was a Spanish priest who accompanied Hernan Cortes on his 1519 expedition. He was the first Christian priest to set foot in Mexico.
De Olmedo was a Mercedarian friar born in Olmedo inside Castille in 1481. During his time in Mexico, he was the primary religious representative in Cortes’ party. He converted and baptized numerous natives of Mexico, including La Malinche[2].
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- ^ Castillo, Bernal Díaz del (1908). The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. Hakluyt society. p. 295. “and father Olmedo, with the assistance of Aguilar, said many excellent things to the twenty females who were presented to us, concerning our holy religion; that they should abandon their belief in idols, and no longer bring them sacrifices, for they were not gods but evil spirits; they had up to this moment lived in gross error, and should now adore Christ, our Lord. After this address the women were baptized, and she of whom I have already spoken was named Doña Marina.”
