Domingo de Santo Tomás
Most Reverend Domingo de Santo Tomás | |
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| Bishop of La Plata o Charcas | |
Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás (''Museo de Arte de San Marcos collection) | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of La Plata o Charcas |
| In office | 1562–1570 |
| Predecessor | Fernando González de la Cuesta |
| Successor | Fernando Santillana Figueroa |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 26 Dec 1562 by Jerónimo de Loaysa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1499 |
| Died | December 1570 (age 71) La Plata (Sucre) |
Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás, O.P. (1499 – December 1570) was a Spanish Dominican missionary, bishop, and grammarian in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He compiled the first Quechua language grammar and dictionary, both published in 1560.
His grammar contained also the earliest known Quechua written text, as a catechetic appendix, and the first known linguistic description of clusivity.