La madrina del padre José de Anchieta, apóstol del Brasil: un problema paleográfico

Abstract

The Jesuit José de Anchieta, known as the Apostle of Brazil, was born and baptised in La Laguna (Tenerife) in 1534. In the bizarre bibliographical approach to his baptism certificate, some have read the name of his second godparent as Don Alonso and others as Doñ'Alonso, which has aroused some controversy. We now set out to elucidate this question by opting for the second reading, and we identify this character for the first time as Doña Beatriz de Noroña, wife of the third adelantado of the Canary Islands