Alonso Andrada (1590 – 20 June 1672) was a biographer and ascetic writer. Andrada was born in

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(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 style, which to some extent conceal his carelessness and excessive simplicity. He is chiefly known as the continuator of

Nieremberg Juan Eusebio Nieremberg y Ottín (1595 – 7 April 1658) was a Spanish Jesuit and mystic. Nieremberg was born and died in Madrid, but his parents were German. He studied the classics at the Royal Court, he studied science at Alcalá and ca ...

's ''Varones Ilustres,'' biographies of distinguished members of the Society of Jesus. His ''Guia de la Virtud e Imitacion de Nuestra Senora'' deserves special mention. He died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrada, Alonso 1590 births 1672 deaths People from Toledo, Spain 17th-century Spanish Jesuits