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BALTASAR FORT
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Baltasar Fort was a Dominican missionary was was involved in the foundation of what is now the University of Santo Thomas.
Baltasar Fort was the College Rector of the University of Santo Thomas from the beginning of classes between 1619 and 1621.
Order of the Dominicans in the Philippines, 400th Anniversary #1894, 11 Nov 1987
Miguel de Benavides, the Archbishop of Manila in conference with his executors Bernardo de Santa Catalina and Baltasar Fort about the foundation of a college in Manila. In the background the front of the university building.
(Note Scott, incorrectly indicates the stamp to depict the Pope)
University of Santo Tomas, 400th Anniversary #, 25 Jan 2011
part of a se-tenant block of 4
the stamp depicts the painting entitled, "The Foundation of the University of Santo Tomas, by Archbishop Benavides" painted by Domigo Celis in 1911.
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