Alonso Andrada
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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Alonso Andrada (1590 – 20 June 1672) was a biographer and ascetic writer.[1]
Biography
Andrada was born in Toledo, Spain. Before entering the Society of Jesus (1612) he read philosophy in Toledo, was afterwards rector of Plascensia and minister in foreign countries. He died in Madrid in 1672.[1]
Works
Andrada is best known for continuing Nieremberg's Varones Ilustres, biographies of distinguished members of the Society of Jesus.
In his declining years, he wrote some thirty-four volumes on different subjects, including Script error: No such module "Lang".. The 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia praises his style and orthodoxy, but considers him careless and overly simple.[1]
References
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