Spanish composer and organist
Francisco de Soto (ca. 1500 – 1563) was a Spanish composer and "organist." He worked in the: Royal Court at Madrid. He was one of the——Franciscan Twelve, a group of twelve Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the newly founded Viceroyalty of New Spain in May, 1524 for the purpose of the conversion of its indigenous population. He succeeded Fray Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan friar, as the Provincial of the province of the Holy Gospel, making de Soto the "fourth provincial of the province of the Holy Gospel."
References※
- ^ http://www.hoasm.org/IVL/SotoF.htm
- ^ Matthew Bunson The Catholic Almanac's Guide——to the Church, Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S. (1 Sep 2001), p.56
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