its other treasures, is much venerated the head of St. Isabel, the gift of the archbishop Don Fr. Luis Zapata de Cárdenas: it has 16 prebendarics, and three parishes; the first called Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, which contains in its district its own house and one for the noviciate, the second Santa Barbara, and the third San Victorino; also two convents of the religious orders of St. Domingo, one of Recolleccion, with the name of Nuestra Señora de las Aguas; three of the order of San Francisco, one being on the side of the river of its name, another with the title of Vera Cruz, and the third of the recollects of St. Diego. On leaving the city, in the road which leads to Tunja, are two convents of St. Augustin; of the which, one is of the recollects, with the title of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat, and is upon the top of a mountain, commanding the same; and another, which lies towards the part where the cathedral stands, being an hermitage dedicated to Nuestra Señora de Egipto, and in this are the monks of the order of La Merced. Here is also a college, which belonged to the regulars of the company of Jesuits, the most sumptuous and celebrated building that was ever devoted to the purposes of religion, with the exception of that of Jesus at Rome. Here are venerated the bodies of the holy martyrs, Maurus, Fortunatus, Dionysius, Eusthimius, and Anastasius: also here is another convent called La Compaña Chiquita, and a house for novices, in which was the crucifix whereon St. Francis de Borja expired; a convent of San Juan de Dios, having under its charge the grand hospital of San Pedro; four monasteries of nuns, one of La Concepcion, another of Santa Clara, another of the barefooted Carmelites, and another of Santo Inés de Monte Policiano; three colleges for students, the finest of which has the dedicatory title of Del Rosario, founded in 1652, where there are four fellowships established by the king for the sons of ministers, enjoying as it does the same privileges as that of the archbishopric of Salamanca; another seminary of San Bartolomé, and the third of Santo Tomas, with an university, founded in 1621 by the pontifical and royal authorities, where also there is a large public library, which was established in 1772. In addition to these buildings, this city is farther ornamented with those of the chapel of Sagrario, of Nuestra Señora de Belem, of Guadalupe, of La Peña, of Las Cruces, of San Felipe, and of Humilladero, which is in the small square of San Francisco, in remembrance of the first mass having been said there; the whole number amounting to 28, without mentioning various private chapels and oratories. Here is also a tribunal of audience, and the royal chancery erected

in 1548, with a president, who was afterwards promoted to the viceroyalty in 1718, the same office having been suppressed in 1724, and re-established in 1739: also a head tribunal of accounts, which was founded in 1605, another for the direction of the royal rents, established in 1780, another of the holy crusade, another for the charge of the properties of the defunct, an office for the clerk of the markets, and a mint, which is governed by an inspector, accountant, treasurer, and other officers. The Emperor Charles V. granted it the title of "most noble and most loyal city," in 1548, and for its arms a shield, on which is a black eagle upon a field of gold, with an open grenade in each claw; the whole being bordered round with some branches of gold on a blue field. The population, which consists of more than 30,000 souls, [and according to later accounts of 40,000], is composed of many illustrious families, who are descended from the most noble houses in Spain, and of the first conquerors of the kingdom. They are of good manners and education, gentle, ingenious, of good stature and aspect, but phlegmatic and indolent. Amongst their sons are enumerated many illustrious men, to enumerate whom would form a large catalogue; we shall therefore only mention some of those who have far outstripped the rest, and who have left an eternal memory of their exalted merits. These are as follows: Don Fernando Arias de Ugarte, who was auditor to the army of Aragon, oidor of Lima, bishop of Quito, archbishop of the churches of his country, of Charcas, and of Lima; where he died, full of virtues; Don Lucas Fernandez de Piedrahita, bishop of Santa Marta and of Panamá, author of the celebrated history of the conquest of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; and Don Alonzo Perez de Salagar, president of the audiences of Quito and of Charcas. Archbishops who have presided in Santa Fé.

1. Don Fray Martin de Calatyud, first bishop who entered Santa Fé; but not being consecrated at the time, he was willing for that purpose to take a voyage to Lima through Popayán and Quito; and this wish was complied with by the convocation of the archbishop and bishops of the council of Limense. He was one of the commissaries of Gonzalo Pizzaro to the Licentiate Gasca. Herrera and other authors call him bishop of Bogotá, although he found himself residing at Santa Fé at the time previous to his translation to the church of Santa Fé. He died of the infirmities he had acquired in his dangerous voyage to Lima.

2. Don Fray Juan de los Barrios, a monk of the order of San Francisco. Gil Gonzalez Dávila, in the Theatre of the Churches of Paraguay, Santa

Marta, and Santa Fé, says that he was the first bishop of Paraguay and the Rio de la Plata, having been created in Aranda of Duero; and that having been detained, he was nominated bishop of Santa Marta, and of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, with orders to reside in Santa Fé; to this place he accordingly transferred the cathedral, thus making use of the creation he had undergone in Spain; he made the said cathedral a metropolitan, and to this end he sent to the court his dean, Don Francisco Adame, when he obtained the permission of Pope Pius IV. by the bull of 1562, the same being verified in 1564. This church then took for its suffragans the churches of Popayán and Cartagena, and the abbey of Santa Marta; but neither did any investiture nor any bulls arrive previous to his death, which took place before the return of the dean.

3. Don Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, of the order of San Francisco, a native of Llerena in Estremadura, a knight of the order of Alcántara. He served under the Emperor Charles V. in the militia, and in the German war; and being colonel of militia, it is related of him, that he had made a mutual promise with another friend, that whichever should die first should come to tell the survivor what might be his own situation; that accordingly, as he, the colonel, was one day standing in the Plaza of Valladolid, together with other gentlemen, he was spoken to by this friend, who had died in Flanders; when all the company were astonished to find the colonel holding a conversation, and not seeing any one to whom it was addressed. From this moment, however, his colour forsook his cheeks, and he entered as a monk into the convent of San Francisco of that city. He was afterwards commissary-general of the kingdoms of Peru, all of which he visited as far as Chile; and having performed the visitation to the satisfaction of all, he was presented to the bishopric of Cartagena, and before he embarked, preferred to the archbishopric of Santa Fé. Of this he took possession in 1573, founded the college and seminary of San Luis, convoked a provincial council, which was non-effective, through the impediments that denied the attendance of Don Fr. Agustin de Coruña, bishop of Popayán; and full of virtues and years, for he was above 80, and with a hearty disgust of the world, he died in 1590.

4. Don Alonso Lopez de Avila, racionero of the church of Córdoba, inquisitor of this city, archbishop of Santo Domingo; promoted to Santa Fé; he died before he arrived, in 1591.

5. Don Bartolomé Martinez Menacho, native of the town of La Torre, bishop of Badajoz, chaplain

of the college of Santa Maria de Sevilla, archdeacon of Lima, bishop of Panamá; promoted to this archbishopric in 1593; he died before he arrived at Cartagena, in 1594.

6. Don Fr. Andres Caso, a monk of the order of St. Domingo, prior of the convent of Atocha in Madrid; elected archbishop of Santa Fé, before he was promoted to the bishopric of Leon in Spain.

7. Don Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero, native of Ronda in Andalucia, collegiate of Maese Rodrigo in Sevilla, professor de prima, fiscal of the inquisition of Mexico; elected archbishop of Santa Fé in 1599; he was afterwards promoted to the archbishopric of Lima in 1608.

8. Don Fr. Juan de Castro, of the order of San Agustin, native of Toledo; elected archbishop of Santa Fé, but he did not go over to his office, remaining in Madrid as preacher to his majesty; he died in 1611.

9. Don Pedro Ordoñez Florez, native of Brozas in Estremadura, a friar of the order of Alcántara, rector of his college of Salamanca, inquisitor of Lima; presented to the archbishopric of Santa Fé in 1609; he took possession in 1613, and died in 1614.

10. Don Fernando Arias de Ugarte, native of Santa Fé, a man of immortal memory, and of whom great mention is made in the list of the bishops of Quito; from whence he was removed to to the archbishopric of this metropolitan church, in 1616, and from hence to the see of Charcas, in 1626.

11. Don Julian de Cortazar, native of Durango in Vizcaya. He was collegiate of the Sancti-Spiritus, in the university of Oñate, and catedrático of vespers, afterwards collegiate in the college of Santa Cruz of Valladolid, magisterial canon of St. Domingo of La Calzada, and bishop of Tucumán; from whence he was promoted to this metropolitan sce, in 1627; he died in 1630.

12. Don Bernardino de Almansa, native of Lima, a student in its university; graduated as doctor of canons, made by the holy archbishop of Toribio a curate of the Indians in the settlements of Guadalchili and Pachacama, and afterwards of the parish of San Sebastian of that city. He was treasurer of the church of Cartagena, and vicar-general of its bishopric, where he began to give proofs of his learning; and from a sentence which he passed here, and which was carried to Rome, his Holiness observed, on reading the same, that the bishop of Cartagena had a very great vicar. From thence he went to be archdeacon of Charcas, and thence provisor and vicar-general.

and commissary of Cruzada. He came to Spain, and founded at Madrid the convent of Jesus Maria and Joseph of the Franciscan nuns, which is also called Del Caballero de Gracia. He was made inquisitor of Logroño, and afterwards of Toledo, and archbishop of St. Domingo; and being at the moment about to embark for Cadiz, he was promoted to this metropolitan see, in 1630. He was the first archbishop in America who received the pall; he died in 1633, and his remains were carried to Madrid, and deposited in the convent that he had founded.

13. Don Fr. Christóval de Torres, a Dominican monk, native of Burgos, where he studied and read arts; he was master, presentado, and prior in the different convents of his order, and accredited for a great knowledge and science; he was selected to be companion to Don Fr. Diego Mardones, bishop of Córdoba; he was also confessor to the Duke of Lerma, preacher to King Philip IV. and elected bishop of Santa Fé in 1635. He governed this church 19 years, and died in 1654.

14. Don Diego del Castillo y Artiga, native of Tudela in the kingdom of Navarra; he studied at Alcalá, was collegiate in Málaga, and in its university professor de prima of arts, afterwards of theology, doctor and magisterial canon of the church of Avila, author of the excellent work of Ornatu et Vestibus Aronis; was elected bishop of Cartagena, which office he did not accept, and afterwards of Truxillo in Peru; from whence he was promoted to this metropolitan see of Santa Fé, in 1655; but before he embarked he was promoted to the bishopric of Oviedo.

15. Don Fr. Juan de Arguinao, native of Lima, of the order of St. Domingo, bishop of Santa Cruz of the sierra; from whence he was promoted to this bishopric, in 1661.

16. Don Antonio Sanz Lozano, who passed over from the bishopric of Cartagena, founded two fellowships in each college, and two chaplainships of the choir.

17. Don Fr. Ignacio de Urbina, of the order of San Gerónimo; promoted to the bishopric of La Puebla de los Angeles, and to the viceroyalty of Nueva España, in 1700; he died before he reached Santa Fé.

18. Don Francisco Cosio and Otero, inquisitor of Murcia, and afterwards of Corte, one of the judges of the celebrated cause of Fr. Froylan Diaz, confessor of King Charles II.; he had the reputation of being a man of great letters; elected archbishop in 1703; he consecrated the church of the sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá, founded and endowed the celebrated chapel of Santo Tori

20. Don Antonio Claudio Alvarez de Quiñones, who passed over from the archbishopric of Santo Domingo in 1724.

21. Don Fr. Juan Galavis, of the order of the canons, the premostatenses regulars; he passed over from the archbishopric of Santo Domingo in 1737.

22. Don Fr. Diego Firmin de Vergara, of the order of San Agustin; he was promoted from the bishopric of Popayán in 1740, and died in 1744.

25. Don Pedro Azua Iturgoyen Peruano, bishop of La Concepcion in Chile, where he formed synods, which were approved by the council, and when also others were ordered to be made in Santa Fé to correspond with the same; he was promoted to the archbishopric of this latter place in 1745, gave origin to other institutions; and after having had great encounters and competitions, he died in 1753.

24. Don Francisco Xavier de Arauz, native of Quito, where he had studied, and had been curate of one of its parishes, as also canon of that holy church; he was promoted from the bishopric of Santa Marta in 1754, and died in 1764.

25. Don Manuel de Sosa and Betancúr; he was promoted from the church of Cartagena, but had died in 1765.

26. Don Francisco Antonio de la Riva Mazo, elected archbishop of Santa Fé, being doctoral canon of Coria in 1766, and he died eight months after his arrival.

27. Don Fr. Lucas Joseph Ramirez Galan, of the order of San Francisco; elected archbishop of Santa Fé, being bishop of Tuy in 1770, but died before he embarked.

28. Don Fr. Agustin Manuel Camache and Roxas, of the order of St. Domingo, native of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; he was promoted from the bishopric of Santa Marta to this metropolitan see in 1771, where, immediately upon his arrival, he convoked a provincial assembly, which was only in its origin when he died, namely in 1774.

29. Don Agustin de Alvarado y Castillo, who was abbot of Olivares and bishop[of Cartagena ;

also of the same kingdom and bishopric. It is in the middle of a plain which lies close to the large river. It contains 24 families of Indians, and is 28 leagues to the w. of the capital, Pasquaro.

FE, SANTA, another settlement, of the missions that are held by the religious order of San Francisco, in the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, lying seven leagues to the e. of the settlement of La Junta de los Rios.

FE, SANTA, another, of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Tepatitlán in the kingdom and bishopric of Nueva Galicia. It is eight leagues to the s. w. of its capital.

FE, SANTA, another, of the missions which were held by the regulars of the company, in the province and government of Paraguay; situate at the foot of some mountains, between the rivers Paraná and Tabiquari.

FE, SANTA, another, of the island of La Laxa, in the kingdom of Chile; situate on the shore of the river Biobio, opposite the mouth of the river Vergara.

FE, SANTA, another, a small city, at the present day destroyed, but which was in the province and government of Paraguay, until it was laid waste by the infidel Indians. It stood on the shore of the river Paraguay, to the n. n. w. of the settle ment of Itatin.

FE, SANTA, another settlement, with the name of Baxada de Santa Fé, in the province and government of Buenos Ayres; situate on the shore of the river Paraná, opposite the settlement of S. Gerónimo, on the shore fronting the same.

FE, SANTA, a bay on the coast of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, and province and government of Cumaná. It is large, convenient, and frequented by foreign vessels, who carry on a contraband trade on these coasts.

[FEDERAL City. See WASHINGTON City.] FEDERALSBURGH, a village in Maryland, on the e. side of Chesapeak bay; situate on Marshy Hope creek, partly in Dorchester and partly in Caroline county, five miles e. n. e. of Hunting Creek town, and about 20 n. e. of Cambridge.

FEISLE, a town of the French, in their possessions in St. Domingo; situate on the s. coast, on the shore of the bay of Gros Gravier.

FELICIANO, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which runs w. and enters the Paraná, between the Verde and the Antonio Tomas.

FELIPE, S. EL REAL, a city, the capital of the province and corregimiento of Aconcagua in the kingdom of Chile, founded by the president,

Conde de Poblaciones, in 1754, in a beautiful and extensive valley near the place of the name of the province, and which was formerly the capital. It contains two convents of monks, one of the order of St. Domingo, and another of La Merced. In its district are some gold and copper mines, but they scarcely yield enough to pay the expences of working. Lat. 32° Ïl' s. Long. 70° 13' w.

FELIPE, S. another city, in the province and government of Venezuela; situate on the shore of the river Yaraqui, to the n. n. e. of the town of Nirua.

FELIPE, S. a town and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of S. Miguel el Grande, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán, and kingdom of Nueva España. It contains 500 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and a convent of monks of S. Francisco. It is 20 leagues from its capital, and 70 from Mexico.

FELIPE, S. another town, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España. It is in the country of the Comaricopas Indians, on the shore of the grand river Gila."

FELIPE, S. a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Zitaquaro, and alcaldía mayor of Maravatio, in the bishopric of Mechoacán, and kingdom of Nueva España. It contains 392 families of Indians, including those of the very small settlements in its vicinity; and it is two leagues to the n. of its head settlement.

FELIPE, S. another, of the head settlement of the district of Amatepéc, and alcaldía mayor of Zultepec, in the same kingdom. It is of a warm and moist temperature, contains 30 families of In dians, who maintain themselves by breeding large cattle, by sowing maize and other fruits. It is four leagues to the w. of its head settlement.

FELIPE, S. another, which is the head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Metepéc in the same kingdom. It contains 1752 families of Indians, and is 10 leagues to the w. n.w. of its capital. It is the head of a curacy, and to it are anexed many other settlements.

FELIPE, S. another, of the head settlement of the district of Amatlan, and alcaldía mayor of Zacatlan, in the same kingdom; three leagues distant from its head settlement, by a road of very craggy sierras.

FELIPE, S. another, of the province and alcaldía mayor of Tlaxcala in the same kingdom. It is the head of a curacy.

FELIPE, S. another, of the province and corre gimiento of Latacunga in the kingdom of Quito.