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Arias Montano, Benito
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pronunciation:
[areeas montahnoh]
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| (1527–98)
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| Theologian and poet, born in Fregenal de la Sierra, SW Spain. A professor of oriental languages at the Escorial for many years, he was persuaded to abandon the life of a recluse to supervise the printing of the Biblia Regia Ámberes, the Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1569–72). While in Flanders he enriched the library of Felipe II at the Escorial by judicious book-collecting on a grand scale. He was particularly interested in Jewish antiquities, and wrote a number of philosophical and theological works and some distinguished poetry in Latin. His poetry in Spanish imitated that of his friend Fray Luis de León and, like his mentor, he made his own version of the Song of Songs, calling it Paráfrasis sobre el Cantar de los Cantares. He was recalled from Italy to answer charges brought by the Inquisition at the instigation of León de Castro, and although acquitted he retired from public life. A la hermosura exterior de Nuestra Señor, usually attributed to Fray Luis de León, has also been ascribed to him. |
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