Un testigo de los tiempos del cólera: el herreño Aquilino Padrón y la epidemia de 1851 en Gran Canaria (primera parte)

Abstract

Aquilino Padrón from El Hierro entered the Conciliar Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at the age of 14. His academic record shows him as an outstanding student. Being a seminarian, he sent his parents a letter recounting the vicissitudes he suffered in Gran Canaria due to the cholera morbidity of the summer of 1851. This letter accredits him as an exceptional witness to the tragedy that decimated the island. The information that he provides, personalities that he cites, refined writing style and the emotionality that he manifests make this letter a document of great historical and literary value. He combined his pastoral mission with archaeological research where he achieved notoriety in the national and international scientific media. He died in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on September 7, 1896. This work highlights the life and work of the polymath priest who has left an indelible mark in the field of archeology and anthropology.

Aquilino Padrón from El Hierro entered the Conciliar Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at the age of 14. His academic record shows him as an outstanding student. Being a seminarian, he sent his parents a letter recounting the vicissitudes he suffered in Gran Canaria due to the cholera morbidity of the summer of 1851. This letter accredits him as an exceptional witness to the tragedy that decimated the island. The information that he provides, personalities that he cites, refined writing style and the emotionality that he manifests make this letter a document of great historical and literary value. He combined his pastoral mission with archaeological research where he achieved notoriety in the national and international scientific media. He died in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on September 7, 1896. This work highlights the life and work of the polymath priest who has left an indelible mark in the field of archeology and anthropology.