Benavides, Fray Alonzo

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• Fray Alonzo Benavides —     Fray Alonzo Benavides     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Fray Alonzo Benavides     (Benavidez)     Archbishop of Goa in the Portuguese Indies. Although a prelate of high rank, the life of Fray Alonzo de Benavides is very imperfectly known, He was… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alonso de Benavides — (Alonzo Benavidez) (c.1578 1635) was a Portuguese Franciscan missionary active in New Mexico, in the early part of the seventeenth century. His use of the term Navaho is said to be the first printed reference [… …   Wikipedia

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