biography
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Márquez, Juan
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known as Fray Juan
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pronunciation:
[mah(r)keth]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1565–1621)
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| biography:
| Augustinian ascetic writer and preacher, born in Madrid, Spain. Appointed court preacher in 1616, he was praised by Tirso de Molina, Lope de Vega, and Juan de Mariana, among others, for his elegant prose style. Los dos estados de la espiritual Hierusalem, sobre los salmos CXXV y CXXXVI (1603), which includes his harmonious verse paraphrases, is less highly regarded than El Governador Cristiano deducido de las vidas de Moysén, y Iosué, Príncipes del pueblo de Dios (1612), a refutation of Machiavelli's Principe commissioned by the Duke of Feria, and translated into Italian and French. Other works include Origen de los frailes ermitaños de la Orden de San Agustín (1618) and Vida del Venerable P Fr Alonso de Orozco (1648). |
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