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Francisco de Ribera
Francisco
de Ribera
was a
Spanish
Franciscan priest
from
Toledo
, a
Doctor of Theology
, whom
Pope Sixtus V
appointed
as
bishop of Leighlin
, Ireland, on
14 September
1587
.
Leighlin
being under
English
control at
this time
, Ribera resided in the
Irish College
in
Antwerp
, where he built an
infirmary
. He
died
in Antwerp on
10 September
1604
.