Policarpo Sandú
Spanish priest
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establishment of Paysandú
- In Paysandú
…in 1772 by a priest, Policarpo Sandú, and 12 families of Christianized Indians, who translated the Spanish word padre (“father”) into the Guaraní Indian word pay, from which stems the name Paysandú. Now Uruguay’s third largest city, Paysandú has a relatively varied economy, with tanneries, textile factories, flour mills, distilleries,…
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