Eladio Vergara y Vergara (1821–1888) was a Colombian writer, historian, chronicler and cultural administrator of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his work on colombia historial and literary institutions, his works on the Capilla del Sagrario de Bogotá and the epic poem "Guerra de Neo-Granada" first introduced in the political magazine "La Matricaria" created by prestigious writer Jose Maria Vergara y Vergara, his brother.
He was the son of Ignacio Manuel de Vergara, who preceded him as mayordomo-tesorero of the Capilla del Sagrario. Vergara belonged to a prominent New Granadan family deeply embedded in ecclesiastical, cultural, and intellectual life since the colonial period.
He received a classical education typical of Bogotá´s learned elites in the mid-nineteenth century, grounded in latin and ecclesiastical history and large colonial archives.Vergara y Vergara, Eladio.
La Capilla del Sagrario de Bogotá. Bogotá, siglo XIX.
Eladio was also related by blood to General Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera.Cause against the president of the United States of Colombia: citizen great general Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera, and other high federal officials.... (1867). Colombia: Printing of the nation. Served Colombia as Secretary of Finance of the State of Cauca José Agustín Blanco Barros / Obras completas Tomo IV – Geografía histórica. (2018). Colombia: Universidad del Norte. Page 343
Work
Participated in the political newspaper "El Semanario" of general Mosquera. Guerra de Neo-Granada El MudoWilliams, R. L. (2010). The Colombian Novel, 1844-1987. United States: University of Texas Press. El Misionero. Drama tradicional en tres actos [and in verse]. 1851VERGARA, E. (1851). El Misionero. Drama tradicional en tres actos [and in verse]. Por E. V.. Colombia: (n.p.). Capilla del Sagrario de BogotáVergara y Vergara, E., Henao, J. M. (1886). Capilla del Sagrario de Bogotá. Colombia: editor no identificado. El Oidor de Santa Fe, Roland o Bandido de San Lotario y Misionero Comic ¿Cuál Gobierno?
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