Antonio José Martínez

Antonio José Martínez (January 17, 1793 – July 27, 1867) was a New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politician. He lived through and influenced three distinct periods of New Mexico's history: the Spanish period, the Mexican period, and the American occupation and subsequent territorial period. Martínez appears as a character in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop.

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Antonio José Martínez
Birth dateJanuary 17, 1793
Birth place
Abiquiú New Mexico
Nationality
Mexican people
Spanish people
Americans
Date of deathJuly 27, 1867
Place of death
Taos New Mexico , Kit Carson Park

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