Armando Nieto
Armando Nieto Vélez was a Jesuit priest and Peruvian historian.
Biography
His parents were Manuel R. Nieto and Rosa Vélez Picasso. He studied in Colegio de la Inmaculada in Lima from 1938 to 1948. He was admitted into the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.He was a history professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and was ordained a priest by the Society of Jesus in Frankfurt am Main Cathedral on 28 August 1964. In academia, he served as director of the Peruvian Center of Studies Historic-Militar, director of Riva Agüero Institute, and president of National Academy of History. As part of his pastoral activity, he was chaplain of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae in Lima.
Works
La Iglesia.La primera evangelización en el Perú: hechos y personajes Francisco del Castillo, el apóstol de Lima- Catholic Church in Peru. 5.History of Inmaculada High School Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute 1858-1859, from manuscrites of Julio Jesús Elías.Antología de la Independencia del Perú, with Félix Denegri Luna and Alberto Tauro del Pino.
- ''Contribution to history of "fidelismo" in Peru ''
Awards
- Orden al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos, en el grado de Gran Oficial, por el gobierno del Perú.
- Orden Cruz Peruana al Mérito Naval, en el grado de Gran Oficial - Distintivo Blanco, por la Marina de Guerra del Perú, ''por estrechar los vínculos de amistad y cooperación con la Armada Peruana.''