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Claude Servien

SERVIEN, Claude (sair-ve-ang), Flemish missionary, born in Tournay in 1493; died in Mexico in 1549. After finishing his studies in Brussels, he went to the New World in quest of fortune, and served in Cuba and Mexico. But the cruelty of the conquerors to the Indians so affected him that he resolved to devote his life to their relief, and in 1527 entered the Dominican order in Mexico. Later he became secretary of Las Casas, whom he accompanied to Guatemala. In 1539 he established in northern Guatemala a model farm and garden for the benefit of Indians that he had persuaded to lead an agricultural life. But, as he refused, after the departure of Las Casas, to employ them in work for the benefit of the order, he was sent in 1545 to Seville. The vessel that carried him was taken by French corsairs, and he was brought to La Rochelle, whence he set out for Rome. There he presented to the holy see a memoir in which he exposed the evils that had resulted from the course of the Spanish conquerors toward the Indians. The pope ordered inquiries to be made, and sent a commission of two priests to visit the South American missions. Servien accompanied them, and they proceeded immediately to Mexico. On their arrival he was arrested by the authorities, and imprisoned in the main convent of the Dominican order, where he died.

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