Back دييجو دى لاندا ARZ Дыега дэ Ланда Byelorussian Дыега дэ Лянда BE-X-OLD Diego de Landa Catalan Diego de Landa German Diego de Landa Esperanto Diego de Landa Spanish دیگو دلاندا Persian Diego de Landa Finnish Diego de Landa French
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Most Reverend Diego de Landa | |
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| Bishop of Yucatán | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Yucatán |
| Diocese | Diocese of Yucatán |
| Predecessor | Francisco de Toral |
| Successor | Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1573 by Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 12, 1524 |
| Died | April 29, 1579 (aged 54) Yucatán |
Diego de Landa Calderón, O.F.M. (12 November 1524 – 29 April 1579) was a Spanish Franciscan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán.[1] He led a campaign against idolatry and human sacrifice.[2] In doing so, he burned Maya manuscripts (codices) which contained knowledge of Maya religion and civilization, and the history of the American continent. Nonetheless, his work in documenting and researching the Maya was indispensable in achieving the current understanding of their culture, to the degree that one scholar asserted that "ninety-nine percent of what we today know of the Mayas, we know as the result either of what Landa has told us in the pages that follow, or have learned in the use and study of what he told".[3]
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego de Landa, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
- ^ Timmer, 480
- ^ William Gates, Introduction to his translation of Diego De Landa, "Yucatan Before and After the Conquest"