Martín de Rada

The King granted him the priory of Ujué and the abbey of La Oliva in recognition of the services that his parents and grandparents had provided to the Crown.

..." In Mexico, de Rada was assigned to study the Otomi language, and was successfully speaking it after only five months in the area.

The talents and administrative abilities of de Rada were noted not only by the Augustinian leaders in Mexico but also by his superiors in Spain.

On June 26, 1575, de Rada and Jeronimo Marin, OSA, accompanied a delegation of officials to China.

De Rada is much remembered as a great defender of the Filipino people against injustice of Spanish officials at the local level.

A key document in this matter was his Parescer del Provincial fray Martin de Rada, agostino, sobre las coasa de estas tieras ("About the abuses committed against the natives in the collection of tributes"), dated at Manila, June 21, 1574.