Nicolás Mascardi

Nicolás Mascardi depicted in the Cathedral of Bariloche

Nicolás Mascardi (Rome, 1625 – † Patagonia, 1673) was an Italian jesuit priest and missioner in South America in the 17th century. He arrived to Chile in 1651. In 1669 he crossed the Andes from Chiloé Archipelago and did notably established a mission in the shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake which lasted until his death. From the mission he and his fellow jesuits engaged in missionary activity among the Poyas, Pehuenches and Puelches. He died in 1673 after being attacked by native Tehuelches during one of his exploration trips in the southern Andes. Villa Mascardi and Mascardi Lake in present-day Argentina are named after him.

Bibliography

• Biedma, Juan Martín, Crónica histórica del Lago Nahuel Huapi, Ed. Del Nuevo Extremo – Caleuche, Bariloche, 2003.
• Furlong, Guillermo, Entre los tehuelches de la Patagonia, Ed. San Pablo, Bs. As., 1943.

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Name	Mascardi, Nicolas
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Date of birth	1625
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Date of death	1673
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