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Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza
Résumé
Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza (1750–1825) was a Peruvian academic. He was a precursor of national independence. He was a priest, a professor, and a tribune.
He was born on 15 April 1750 in Chachapoyas, while José Antonio Manso de Velasco, count of Superunda, was governing the Viceroyalty of Peru.
When the Republic was born, he was next to his disciples, sharing the responsibilities of the first Peruvian Constituent Congress.
During that time, Chachapoyas was a district of the Bishopric of Trujillo. In this city, the region's main political and intellectual institutions were found. Still a child, he was sent to this city to attend seminary.
He studied Latin and prepared himself to continue ecclesiastic studies of more importance in the Seminar Santo Toribio de Lima (Saint Toribio of Lima Seminar). He entered in this seminar with outstanding notes. He stood out as a brilliant student and in 1770 he obtained the degree of Doctor in Theology in the National University of San Marcos in Lima.
His interest in education ran in his family. His parents, Santiago Rodríguez and Josefa Collantes, were wealthy owners of a noble house in the main square of Chachapoyas. They had taken an active part in the efforts to provide the city with a school.
While a student, he began working in the teaching field, showing considerable talent. His prestige as a professor had already grown when the Viceroy Amat named him professor of the Real Convictorio de San Carlos in 1771. This convictorio was created to make up for the shortage that the expulsion of the Jesuits had left in education.
In this center he took the chairs of philosophy and theology.
His talent opened the doors of San Marcos for him, where they delivered him a chair in 1773. During this time he ordained himself in four minor degrees and in 1778 he became a presbyter.
He devoted himself to the affairs of his ministry. Through a contest he won the parish of Marcabal, an indigenous town placed in Huamachuco.
The young priest was already incorporated into the intellectual elite of the epoch.
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