_Merida_ (Pedro de), canon of Palencia: he was commissioned by Carranza to take possession of the see of Toledo in his name, and administer to the archbishopric. He was mentioned by Pedro Cazalla and others, as partaking their sentiments on the subject of _justification_. He corresponded with Carranza, and in his trial the Inquisition took advantage of several letters in which he spoke ill of the holy office. He was arrested at Valladolid, abjured _de levi_, was subjected to a penance and a pecuniary penalty. _Moñino_ (Don Joseph). See the following Chapter. _Molina_ (Don Michel de), bishop of Albaracin. See Chapter 29. _Montanus_ (Benedict Arias). _Ibid._ _Montemayor_ (Prudencio de), Jesuit, born at Ceniecros, in Rioja, and professor of theology at Salamanca. He composed several works, which are mentioned by Nicholas Antonio. The Inquisition of Valladolid tried him on suspicion of Pelagianism, arising from some theological conclusions which he maintained and printed in 1600. He defended himself, and explained what he had advanced like a true Catholic. The inquisitors ceased to prosecute him personally, but they prohibited his conclusions. The Jesuits have always been reproached with their adherence to the system of the heresiarch Pelagius, on the subject of grace and free-will. Montemayor afterwards endeavoured to vindicate his honour and that of his order, in a discourse, entitled _A Reply to the Five Calumnies invented against the Society of Jesus, and promulgated in the City of Salamanca_. He died in that city in 1641, at a very advanced age.