Vasco de Quiroga died on March 14, 1565<\/strong>, while carrying out a pastoral visit in Uruapan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His remains were taken to P\u00e1tzcuaro, the city with which his episcopate became deeply connected and where they now rest in the Basilica of Our Lady of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every March 14, the date offers an opportunity to return to a figure essential to understanding sixteenth-century Michoac\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quiroga was a jurist, a judge of the Second Audiencia, and the first bishop of Michoac\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His work was connected with hospital-towns, education, evangelization, territorial reorganization, and many conflicts inherent to colonial society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His historical importance does not require an uncritical biography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit P\u00e1tzcuaro approaches him by the same standard used for any historical figure: documents, context, and acknowledgment of what remains debated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Basilica preserves his remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other places in P\u00e1tzcuaro allow visitors to follow different aspects of his presence in the city: the former College of San Nicol\u00e1s, spaces connected with the hospital, and the sixteenth-century urban layout itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A date can be the beginning of a route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It does not have to become a mandatory ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commemoration date: March 14.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tributes, concerts, exhibitions, or civic events should be announced only when a confirmed program exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Information for the next edition is pending confirmation.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cada 14 de marzo Vasco de Quiroga muri\u00f3 el 14 de marzo de 1565, mientras realizaba una visita pastoral en Uruapan. Sus restos fueron llevados a P\u00e1tzcuaro, ciudad con la que su episcopado qued\u00f3 profundamente relacionado y donde hoy descansan en la Bas\u00edlica de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Salud. Cada 14 de marzo, la fecha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","citadela-item-category":[486],"citadela-item-location":[392],"class_list":["post-7727","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-eventos","citadela-item-location-patzcuaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12622,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/7727\/revisions\/12622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=7727"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=7727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Remembering him without turning him into a statue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
P\u00e1tzcuaro and his memory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Next edition \/ Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n