Agustin Rivera

Agustín Rivera y Sanromán was born on February 29, 1824, in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, where he lived most of his life and died in Leon, Guanajuato, on July 6, 1916. Agustin Rivera was a Mexican priest, historian, and prolific polygraph, He wrote about one hundred and eighty titles. Among his works: Disertación sobre la posesión, Principios Críticos sobre el Virreinato de la Nueva España y Sobre la Revolución de Independencia, Anales de la vida del Padre de la Patria Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Anales mexicanos, La Reforma y el Segundo Imperio, Elementos de gramática castellana, Mi estilo. (Dissertation on the possession, Critical Principles on the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the War of Independence, Proceedings of the life of Founding Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Anales Mexicanos, The Reformation and the Second Empire, Elements of Castilian grammar, My Style).

In 1910, during the Centenary celebrations had the distinction of delivering the official speech before the munument containing the remains of the main heroes of Mexican independence. The "Gran Ceremonia de Apoteosis de los Caudillos y Soldados de la Independencia" (The Grand Ceremony, Apotheosis of the caudillos and soldiers of the Independence) was held on October 6, 1910, being present General Porfirio Diaz. Rivera wrote his speech on September of that year, in Leon de los Aldamas, Mexico.

Museum

The former house of the priest and writer Laguense dates back to 1764 and is located in Lagos de Moreno, on one side of the Capuchin Rinconada, its construction, quarry, is simple with framed windows and wrought iron balconies; here, Rivera used part of his work on claiming to Don Pedro Moreno. The house is currently a museum and has two small rooms where temporary exhibitions are on display are changed every four months.

External links

• Agustín Rivera: historiador, canónigo y juarista. In Spanish
• México en tres momentos, 1810-1910-2010 In Spanish
• Agustín Rivera y Agustín de la Rosa ante la filosofía novohispana.