Fray Luis de León: A Biographical FragmentFitzmaurice-Kelly, James
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Fray Luis de León: A Biographical Fragment
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
León, Luis de, 1527-1591
his contest with Domingo de Guzman for the Biblical chair at
Salamanca, vacant by the death of Gregorio Gallo, 154-155;
he defeats Guzman by thirty-six votes, 157;
appeal lodged by Guzman against irregularity in voting, 157;
judgement given in favour of Luis de Leon, 157;
he reads himself into the chair at Salamanca, December 7, 1579, 158;
publishes a Latin commentary on the _Song of Solomon_, 158;
chivalrously supports Montemayor against Domingo de Guzman at a
theological meeting in Salamanca, 160-161;
through this action he is involved in a quarrel with Domingo Bañez,
161;
the case comes before the Valladolid Inquisition, 162;
he presents himself voluntarily before the Inquisitionary tribunal
at Salamanca on March 8, 163;
appears again before it on March 31, and offers to apologize if he
has exceeded in his defence of Montemayor, 163;
his lecture on predestination (1571) is brought before the tribunal
by Zumel, 164;
his enemies, Zumel, Guzman, and Bañez, 164;
he receives a severely reproachful letter from Villavicencio, 165;
is summoned to Toledo and privately reprimanded by Quiroga, 167;
publishes _Los Nombres de Cristo_ and _La perfecta
casada_, 168;
is appointed to settle the suit between the University of Salamanca
and the _Colegios Mayores_, 168;
progress of the suit and conduct of the _Claustro,_ 168-173;
he refuses the invitation of Sixtus V and Philip II to join the
committee for the revision of the Vulgate, 173;
is appointed by the papal nuncio to inquire into the administration
of funds by the Provincial of the Augustinians in Castile, 173;
begins the publication of his edition of Saint Theresa's works, 174;
upholds Madre Ana de Jesus's reforms, 174;
is appointed by the Pope to execute them, 175;
is opposed by Doria and Philip II, 175-176;
his weakening health and the continuous opposition of his enemies,
178-179;
he is reported to be suffering from tumour, 180;
his lingering illness, 181;
he is elected Provincial of the Augustinians in Castile, August 14,
1591, 181;
his death, August 23, 1591, 181;
his character by Pacheco, 181-183;
his prose works, 202-210;
his poems, 210-221;
his versification, 221-229;
his character, 230-232.
Leon (Miguel de) 8, 28 _n._
Leon (Pedro de) 25 _n._
Leon (Pero Fernandez de) 26 _n._
Loarte (Diego de) [_see_ Oloarte and Olarte] 195 _n._, 211
Lopez (Diego) 117 _n._, 118 _n._
Lopez de Sedano (Juan Josef) 188 _n._
Lucas (Francisco) 241
Lucas (Saint) 124 _n._
M
Madrigal 195 _n._
Mancio de _Corpus Christi_ 35 _n._, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 81, 91,
122 _n._, 123 _n._, 124 _n._
Manrique (Angel) 30 _n._
Manrique (Jorge) 203
Mármol (Dr. Bernabé del) 174, 175
Martínez de Cantalapiedra (Martin) 13, 20, 21, 22, 31 _n._, 33
_n._, 37 _n._, 42
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