# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antonio-de-montesinos
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:50:36.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antonio-de-montesinos"
name: "Antonio de Montesinos"
slug: "antonio-de-montesinos"
description: "Antonio de Montesinos or Antonio Montesino, OP, was a Spanish Dominican friar who was a missionary on the island of Hispaniola. With the backing of Pedro de Córdoba and his Dominican community at Santo Domingo, Montesinos was the first European to publicly denounce the enslavement and harsh treatment of the indigenous peoples of the island. His censure initiated an enduring struggle to reform the Spanish conduct towards all indigenous people in the New World. Montesinos's outspoken criticism influenced Bartolomé de las Casas to head the humane treatment of Indians movement."
tagline: "16th-century Spanish Catholic friar and missionary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fray_Antonio_Montesino.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1475"
deathDate: "1540-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump