About Gonzalo de Illescas
Lived 1521 – 1574 (aged 52–53). Gonzalo de Illescas was a Spanish historian.
Gonzalo de Illescas (1521–1574?) was a Spanish historian and abbot. Born in Dueñas, Palencia province, he was abbot of San Frontís de Zamora. He studied at Salamanca, and may have earned a degree in theology. He traveled in Italy (Venice, 1550; Rome, 1551).
He translated works from Latin and composed and published in various editions a Historia pontifical y cathólica (Pontifical and Catholic History). It recounts the lives of the popes from Saint Peter to Boniface VIII (1301), as well as the Visigothic Kings, the Kings of Castile, and the Kings of Portugal.
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Who was Gonzalo de Illescas?
Spanish historian and abbot
When was Gonzalo de Illescas born?
Gonzalo de Illescas was born in 1521 in Dueñas.
When did Gonzalo de Illescas die?
Gonzalo de Illescas died in 1574 in Dueñas.
What was Gonzalo de Illescas's occupation?
Gonzalo de Illescas was a historian.
What nationality was Gonzalo de Illescas?
Gonzalo de Illescas was Spanish.
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