After an arduous investigation by historian William Hernández Ospino, it was revealed in the last hours that they found the death certificate of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, which remained missing for 190 years.
According to Hernández, the death certificate of the Liberator Simón Bolívar was found in a safe in the Cathedral of Santa Marta, which had been buried in a wall of the sacristy, published Today, Magdalena’s diary.
Hernández took on the task of finding the historical relic with the consent of Monsignor Ugo Puccini Banf, who supported him in this laudable mission. He negotiated with the German Luxburg Carolath Foundation, so that the Civil Registry of Death of Simón Bolívar would be made.
“After many months of searching, I saw a key on a wall in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Santa Marta and I said: there is something there. The bishop supported me and a mason scraped the wall and we discovered the safe. An expert from Barranquilla came and opened it, and inside was the book Death Certificates. With some economic resources that Fuad Char gave me, I had it restored in the General Archive of the Nation in Bogotá,” Hernández said.
He was categorical in stating that the death of the Liberator Simón Bolívar was not officially registered and one day he was contacted by the German Luxburg Carolath Foundation of Princes Carolath and Schoenenaichcarolath.
“This German foundation set out to visit the National Registrar of Civil Status, who excitedly immediately ordered the Civil Registry of Death of Simón Bolívar with an International Apostille, which will rest in the National Pantheon of Caracas,” said the historian.
Death certificate of Simón Bolívar
It is worth mentioning that the original game of the death of Simón Bolívar was affected by oxidation, but it was thanks to the support of the Barranquilla businessman Fuad Char that its restoration was made possible. The original is kept in the Historical Archive of the Diocese, which is currently directed by the historian William Hernández Ospino.
The document in question has a great historical value, since in its content it is said that Simón Bolívar was born in the city of Caracas and that he was married to Teresa del Toro. In addition, it recounts the high-ranking funeral honors received by the great man of America and the priests who accompanied his corpse during the ceremony that priest José Arenas officiated in the cathedral.
Hernández acknowledges with deep nostalgia that there is no historical memory in Colombia and that in the archive he directs there are several very relevant documents such as the first Armistice of Peace that was held in Greater Colombia, called the Armistice of Trujillo (Venezuela), signed by the Peacemaker Pablo Morillo and Antonio José de Sucre, representing Simón Bolívar in the year 1820.
“Furthermore, this Historical Archive contains the file that Pablo Morillo followed the priest Alejo María Buzeta, Ocañero, and a follower of Simón Bolívar’s political ideas of independence. The original of this process against the hero Alejo María Buzeta is in very poor condition. However, the Ministry of Culture has never contributed money to the archive that would allow the safeguarding of our bibliographical treasures”, he emphasized.
He concluded by saying that the baptism certificates of all the Samarian Creoles who supported Simón Bolívar from December 1 to the day of his death on December 17, 1830 at the San Pedro Alejandrino hacienda rest in the archive. “Hopefully in the current government they can change the cultural policies that are very severe. In my opinion, they are more bureaucratic than effective policies in favor of history and culture”, he indicated.