The fame acquired by Barrasa during his life rested chiefly on his work as a professor and as a preacher. Two volumes of his sermons were published in Madrid in 1678, and another volume in Lima in 1678. Padre Barrasa died at the college of San Pablo in Lima on November 22, 1704. [Sidenote: José de Buendía, the distinguished Jesuit of Lima] Padre José de Buendía, as historian, sacred orator, and philosopher, is called “one of the literary glories of Peru in the seventeenth century.” His especially noteworthy _Vida del venerable padre Francisco del Castillo de la Compañía de Jesús, natural de Lima, 1615-1673_, (Madrid, 1693), became more widely known than his other works. Its value consists not merely in its account of the life of Castillo but also in its references to the history of Peru, and to the lives of many other Jesuits of the province. It contains, moreover, an account of the earthquake of 1787. This part was published by Odriozola at Lima in 1863. [Sidenote: _La estrella de Lima_] _La estrella de Lima_ was issued under the name of Francisco de Echave y Assu, but it is affirmed by Saldamando that its author was Buendía.[139] But whatever may be the decision on this point, the book itself has a recognized value for the history of Peru. It contains an account of the ceremonies attending the beatification of Archbishop Toribio Alfonso Mogrovejo, later Santo Toribio; biographies of Mogrovejo and of succeeding archbishops; important references to bishops, inquisitors, councillors, judges, viceroys, and other persons whose illustrious lives contributed to the glory of Lima. It describes, moreover, the metropolitan church and cites an abundance of facts of historic interest. Buendía acquired distinction also by his sermons and “funeral orations.” Padre José de Buendía was born in Lima in 1644, left the college of San Martín in 1665, taught philosophy in the college of San Pablo and at Cuzco, and died May 4, 1727. His life, apart from his writings has left no conspicuous record. III [Sidenote: Jerónimo de Quiroga] [Sidenote: _Memoria de las cosas de Chile_] [Sidenote: Quiroga’s _Compendio histórico_]