Antonio Nariño

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Antonio Nariño was a Colombian independence leader and intellectual best known for translating and disseminating the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in Spanish America.

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instanceOf Colombian independence leader
Enlightenment thinker
human
intellectual
journalist
politician
translator
birthDate 1765-04-09
birthPlace Santa Fe de Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada
linked to: Bogotá
causeOfDeath illness
citizenship Colombian
commemoratedBy Department of Nariño in Colombia
linked to: Nariño Department

municipalities, institutions, and monuments named after him in Colombia
countryOfCitizenship Gran Colombia
Viceroyalty of New Granada
deathDate 1823-12-13
deathPlace Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia
familyName Nariño
linked to: Nariño Department
father Vicente de Nariño y Vásquez
linked to: Antonio Nariño
foughtIn Colombian War of Independence
campaigns against royalist forces in southern New Granada
fullName Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal
linked to: Antonio Nariño
givenName Antonio
ideology liberalism
republicanism
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy
French Revolution
knownFor disseminating the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in Spanish America
leadership in the independence of New Granada
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legacy considered a precursor of Colombian independence
regarded as a hero of Colombia
mother Catalina Álvarez del Casal
movement Colombian independence movement
Latin American wars of independence
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableEvent imprisonment and exile for revolutionary activities
prosecuted by Spanish authorities for printing the Rights of Man
notableWork Spanish translation of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
occupation journalist
politician
publisher
translator
positionHeld President of Cundinamarca
Vice President of the Republic of Colombia
military commander in the southern campaign of New Granada
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Magdalena Ortega y Mesa

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Colombian War of Independence commander Antonio Nariño
Nariño namedAfter Antonio Nariño
Gran Colombia founder Antonio Nariño
Antonio Nariño fullName Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal
linked to: Antonio Nariño
Antonio Nariño father Vicente de Nariño y Vásquez
linked to: Antonio Nariño
Patria Boba period notableFigure Antonio Nariño
Nariño Department namedAfter Antonio Nariño
Magdalena Ortega y Mesa spouse Antonio Nariño
Catalina Álvarez del Casal child Antonio Nariño