Bartolomé González de Villaverde explained

Bartolomé González de Villaverde
Birth Date:1512
Birth Place:León, Spain
Death Date:1589
Death Place:Asunción, Paraguay
Nationality:Spanish
Spouse:María de Santa Cruz
Occupation:politician
Profession:notary
Branch:Spanish Army
Serviceyears:c.1530-1589
Rank:Conquistador

Bartolomé González de Villaverde (1512–1589) was a Spanish notary and conquistador.

Born in 1512 in León, Spain, he had arrived to Buenos Aires in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza. He was one of the first settlers of Asunción,[1] where was married to María de Santa Cruz, a natural daughter of Spanish conqueror Juan de Santa Cruz.[2]

He and his wife had 12 children, two of whom were the alderman and mayor Bartolomé González de Villaverde,[3] and Roque González de Santa Cruz, who was proclaimed saint by Pope John Paul II.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fr. Daniel Ewald . Saints And Blesseds of the Americas . 2009 . Xlibris Corporation . 978-1-4628-4022-9 . 265–.
  2. Book: Carlos Ernesto Romero Jensen . El Guairá, caída y éxodo . 2009 . Academia Paraguaya de la Historia . 978-99953-806-3-2.
  3. Book: Ricardo de Lafuente Machaín . Los Conquistadores del Río de la Plata . 1937 . Talleres gráficos de S. de Amorrot.
  4. Book: Arturo J. Pérez-Rodríguez . Miguel Arias . Santos Americanos: Conversando con los santos de América . 2010 . Loyola Press . 978-0-8294-3072-1 . 32–.