Leon (Lope de) 6, 23 _n._, 25 _n._, 27 _n._, 234 _n._, 238 León (Luis de), his full name, 5; his Jewish descent, 5-6; his birthplace, 6; his date of birth, 7; he goes to Madrid, then to the University of Salamanca, 7; he enters a religious order, 7; renounces his share of the paternal estate, 8; professes in the Augustinian order, 8; his name appears on the list of theological students at Salamanca, 8; he lectures at Soria, 9; matriculates at Alcalá de Henares, 9; graduates at Toledo, 9; graduates as licentiate of theology at Salamanca, 9; fails to obtain the chair of Biblical exegesis at Salamanca, 10; thwarts the designs of Domingo Bañez, 10; is elected Professor of Theology at Salamanca, 10; is transferred to the chair of Scholastic Theology and Biblical Criticism, 10, 11; is chosen to be the first editor of St. Theresa's works, 12; incurs the enmity of Leon de Castro, 13, 14; lectures on the Vulgate, 14; is elected on the committee appointed to revise François Vatable's version of the Bible, 15; threatens to burn Castro's _Commentaria in Essaiam Prophetam_, 16; out-argues Bartolomé de Medina, 18; goes to Belmonte, 19; falls ill, 19; is mentioned as an offender before the Inquisitionary Committee, 20; hands in a written statement to the local Inquisition, 21; his arrest is recommended by that body, 22; he finds fault with Leon de Castro's knowledge of Latin and Greek and proposes to call witnesses to prove this point, 33 _n._; quarrels with Medina, 36 _n._; appeals to the Consejo Real at Madrid and wins his case, 36 _n._; is taken to Valladolid jail by Almansa, 40; is lodged in the secret cells of the Inquisition, 40; is nervous about his health, 41; asks for books, for powders for his heart-attacks, and for a knife to cut his food, 41; is charged with translating into Spanish the _Song of Solomon_, and admits having done so, 42; implies that a copy may have reached Portugal, 44; proves a formidable foe, 46; petitions that his University Chair should be kept open until the end of his trial, 47; his petition is refused and Medina is appointed in his place, 48; his health suffers from imprisonment, and he asks for the companionship of a monk of his order, 49; he requests to be transferred to a Dominican Monastery, 50; petitions for leave to go to confession and to say Mass, 50; his requests are refused, 50; the increasing bias of the tribunal against him, 51; he complains of his bad memory, 51; his fearless attitude, 52; he brands all Dominicans as enemies, 52; objects to the Faculty of Theology at Alcalá de Henares, 53; inveighs against Medina and Castro, 54; prevents Montoya's election as Provincial of the Augustinians in Spain, 55; describes Montoya as notorious for lying, 56; entrusts Arboleda to collect favourable evidence, 56;