Ignacio de Arbieto (1585 - 7 August 1670) was a Jesuit philosopher and historian of Peru.[1]
Arbieto was born in Madrid. He joined the Jesuit Order in 1603 and was ordained as a priest in Lima, Peru, in 1612. He was appointed chair of philosophy in Quito, Ecuador, then he went to Arequipa and finally back to Lima.[1]
He spent his final years writing "Historia del Perú y de las fundaciones que he hecho en él la Compañía de Jesús".[1] The manuscript is in the National Archives of Lima. He died in Lima on 7 August 1670.[1]