FERRERO DE GUBERNATIS (y Ventimiglia), Onorio. Turn 21.6.1908 — Lima 1989. Italian Oriental Scholar in Peru, interested in Indian Religion. Born in a noble family. Active Anti-Fascist, moved to Peru in 1942 (or 1948?) with his family. Taught Oriental languages and cultures at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, and from 1952 at Catholic Uni­ver­sity of Peru, retired 1976. Married Lucía Bosio Mazzetti, two children.

Publications: Le jugement des morts en Sources Orientales. P. 1961.

– Translated the Tao Te Ching from Chinese to Spanish, Lima 1972.

– Articles on history of religions, including Tibetan Buddhism (“Con los lamas tibetanos en Rikkón”, Humanidades 4, 1970-71).

– Own poetry; writings on European literature.

Sources: *Homenaje a Onorio Ferrero. 24 p. Lima 1991; briefly in Spanish Wikipedia (nothing further in Internet); photo in http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/132447.