On 29 May 1511 Ovando died in Seville. His body was transferred to the monastery of San Benito de Alcántara. In his will he founded a chapel and requested the friars to say a Requiem Mass every week.
Ovando died on 29 May 1511 in Seville. He had his body transported to the monastery of San Benito de Alcántara. In his final wishes, he requested that a chapel be built and that the friars hold a weekly Requiem Mass.