Francisco de Soto
Francisco de Soto (ca. 1500 – 1563)[1] 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 Franciscanmissionaries who arrived in the newly founded Viceroyalty of New Spain in May, 1524 for the purpose of the conversion of its indigenous population.[2] He succeeded FrayMarcos 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
 | This New Spain-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This article about a Spanish composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
