Luis de Horruytiner
| Luis de Horruytiner | |
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| Presidio of Cartagena de Indias | |
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In office 1625–1625 |
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| Governor of La Florida | |
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In office July 29, 1633 – November 26, 1638 |
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| Preceded by | Nicolás Ponce de León and Eugenio de Espinosa |
| Succeeded by | Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saragossa, Aragon Spain |
| Died | Unknown |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Profession | Rancher and Administrator (governor of Cartagena de Indias Presidio and Florida) |
Don Luis Benedit y Horruitiner, also known as Luis Benedit y Horruitiner (?-?) was governor of the Presidio of Cartagena (modern Colombia, 1625) and of Florida (July 29, 1633 - November 26, 1638), as well as Viceroy of Sardinia, Italy. He was uncle of next governor Pedro Benedit Horruytiner.
Don Luis Benedit y Horruitiner was born in Saragossa, Aragon (Spain), to Mosén Gilbert Benedit de Huessa and María de Hurrutinel. He had a brother, Mosén Gilbert Benedit y Horruitiner. Resident in Saint Augustine, Florida, was during long time a rancher, whose family land covered along the St. Johns River.
In 1625, he exerted as governor of the Presidio of Cartagena (modern Colombia) and, on 1630, he was Alcaide of Castillo del Morro, in Habana, Cuba.
On July 29, 1633, he was appointed governor of Florida, so as Viceroy of Sardinia (in modern Italy), in this time, a Spanish possession.
Later, in same this year, Spanish Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor arrived to northern Florida founding a mission in the Apalachee´s region (localized in modern Apalachee Province).
So, Hurruytiner and General Fr Lorenzo Martinez had agreed to send to Florida two Friars, who knew the Amerindian languages of Florida and wanted the conversion of these people to Catholicism, in order to become to this religion to the indigenous populations in the Apalachee. The Friars may have become around 6,000 people and they remained there for many years, being their conversions known even for the subsequent governor Damián de Vega, Castro, y Pardo (1639 - 1645. He wrote a letter to Spain´s King indicating it), because the friars continued exerting in this time. In 1635 there were over 30,000 converts between 44 doctrinas, administered by 39 friars.
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