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(Also called ZEPEDA and ZEPEDAS)
Born in the province of La Mancha, 1532; died at Guatemala, 1602. He became a Dominican at the convent of Ocaña, and was sent to Chiapas in Mexico. He was a very active missionary among the Indians, and when the differing modes of instructing them became an obstacle to their conversion, Cepeda was sent to Mexico to simplify the Indian grammars printed there, and obtain a standard for the guidance of the missionaries. In consequence of that journey, the "Artes de los idiomas Chiapanecos, Zoque, Tzendal y Chinanteco" (probably the work of several authors) was published in 1560 under his name. The book has disappeared, but its former existence is well established, by Remesal at first, and by subsequent authors. It is the first book printed in America in four languages (five with the Spanish). The title is given variously, but the above is the correct one. Cepeda became Provincial of the Dominicans in Guatemala, 1593, and Commissary of the Inquisition.
REMESAL, Historia general de las Indias occidentales &ca. (Madrid, 1619); LEON Y PINELO, Epítome (Madrid, 1737, &ca.); ANTONIO, Bibliotheca Hispana nova (1737-1738); BERISTAIN, Biblioteca &ca. (Amecameca, 1883); YCAZBALCETA, Bibliografia (1886); PIMENTEL, Cuadro descriptivo &ca. (Mexico, 1862).
APA citation. (1908). Francisco Cepeda. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03537b.htm
MLA citation. "Francisco Cepeda." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03537b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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