Resumen de Fray Manuel José Fagundez, franciscano descalzo de la provincia de san Diego. Maestro, misionero apostólico y restaurador
- español
Manuel José Fagúndez, franciscano descalzo desde 1793, desempeñó diversoscargos en los conventos andaluces de su orden religiosa. Tras la invasión francesa fuedesignado para reconstituir la provincia de san Diego. Después fue misionero apostólico dePropaganda Fide y, como tal se le representa iconográficamente. Se enterró en la iglesia delantiguo convento de san Pedro de Alcántara de Sevilla, donde desde 1887 un monumentosepulcral, erigido por el arquitecto del arzobispado don Manuel Portillo de Ávila y Herrera,perpetúa su memoria.
- English
Manuel José Fagundez, who had been a discalced Franciscan since 1793, heldvarious posts in the Andalusian monasteries of his religious order. After the French invasionhe was appointed to reconstitute the Province of San Diego. Subsequently, he was an apostolicmissionary of the Propaganda Fide, and it is as such that he is represented iconographically. Hewas buried in the church of the old monastery of San Pedro of Alcántara, where, since 1887, asepulchral monument, erected by the architect of the archbishopric, Manuel Portillo de Ávilay Herrera, has served as a perpetual memorial to him.
