Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Bárcena, Alfonso de

BÁRCENA, Alfonso de, Spanish missionary, b. in Córdoba, Spain, in 1666; d. in 1723. He was sent as a Jesuit missionary to Peru, where his zeal and success won for him the title of “The Apostle of Peru.” He left several valuable works, among them a “Lexicon,” a “Doctrina Cristiana,” and a “Libro de Oraciones” (prayer-book) in five dialects, for the use of the South American Indians.