Rosendo Salvado Rotea OSB was a Spanish Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, pianist, composer, author, founder and first abbot of the Territorial Abbey of New Norcia in Western Australia. Salvado introduced the blue gum to Galicia, a species which displaced the native Spanish chestnut and oak.
Photos 1
About this person
Country
Spain
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1814 to 1900 · aged 86
Written about in
5 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.