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Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena.
Argentinian businessperson (1840-1920)
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About Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, Marquesa de La Iglesia Católica was an Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist. She commissioned the San Martín Palace and funded the construction of the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, the Monastery of Saint Teresa of Jesus, and the Cathedral of Salta. Castellanos de Anchorena, dedicated to Catholic causes, also gave scholarships to students at the Pontifical Latin American College in Rome. She was ennobled by Pope Pius XI and awarded the Pontifical Golden Rose, becoming the first Argentine to be made a papal marchioness.
Everything about Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena →- Occupation
- businessperson
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Born
- September 24, 1840
- Died
- July 9, 1920