Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Alonso Andrada

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From volume 1 of the work.

93633Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) — Alonso AndradaNazario Pérez de las Moras



Biographer and ascetic writer, b. at Toledo, Spain, 1590; d. at Madrid, 20 June, 1672. Before entering the Society of Jesus (1612) he read philosophy in Toledo, was afterwards rector of Plascensia and minister in foreign countries. In his declining years, he wrote some thirty-four volumes on different subjects, some worthy of note for their learning, excellence of doctrine, and pleasing style, which to some extent conceal his carelessness and excessive simplicity. He is chiefly known as the continuator of Nuremburg's "Varones Ilustres", biographies of distinguished members of the Society of Jesus. His "Guia de la Virtud e Imitacion de Nusetra Senora" deserves special mention.

Antonio, Bibliotheca Nova; Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la cie. de J., I, 317.

NAZARIO PEREZ