Raimundo Diosdado Caballero


Raimundo Diosdado Caballero was a Catholic miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical.
Born at Palma in the island of Majorca on June 19, 1740. He entered the Society of Jesus on November 15, 1752, held the chair of literature in the Jesuit College at Madrid for several years, and was deported with the other Jesuits to Italy when the Society was suppressed in the Spanish dominions. In his new home Father Caballero developed a varied literary activity. The following are the most important of his works:
Father Caballero shows his scriptural knowledge in his Tetraglotton D. Marei Evangelium, et Marcologia critica; and El Evangelio de S. Marcos escrito en latin, griego y hebreo, con los tres alfabetos.
Not to mention several historical works, we may add here his writings on American subjects: Observaciones americanas, y supplemento critico á la historia de México; Medios para estrechar más la union entre espanoles americanos y europeos; and Consideraciones americanas.
The exact date of his death is uncertain, but it is believed he died at Rome on either January 16, 1830 or April 28, 1829.