Antonio Aparisi y Guijarro, de Vicente Aznar

Antonio Aparisi y Guijarro (29 March 1815 – 5 November 1872) was a Spanish politician and journalist.

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Born in

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, Guijarro grew up in poverty but was still able to study in the Andresiano School of his native city and attended the

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and later the University of Madrid earning his degree, where he majored in law and become a consultant in the court. He was very much a traditionalist and believer in retaining Catholic religious values and ideals and did much for as a journalist and writer. In 1843, he founded the magazine ''La Restauración'', and in 1855 the newspaper ''El Pensamiento'' of Valencia. He joined the ranks of the so-called ''

neocatólicos The ''neocatólicos'' ("''neo–Catholics''", shorted to ''neos'') was a counter-revolutionary political tradition, faction or movement in late 19th-century Spain, emerged during the reign of Isabella II, akin to "Isabelline traditionalism" and ...

'', after his election in 1858 as deputy to Congress in representation of Valencia. From 1862 to 1872, he directed ''La Regeneración'', and in these years also collaborated in ''La Esperanza'' and ''La Estrella''. In 1865, he was again deputy for Valencia and

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and, the following year, was named a member of the Real Academia de la Lengua. On the revolution of September 1868, he was forced into exile in France. In 1870, he attended a conference on

Carlism Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty – one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855) – ...

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, and in that same year, he received a private audience with

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

. On his return to Spain, he was elected senator of

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province, a position he held until his death on 8 November 1872. Very influenced in his thought by

Jaime Balmes Jaime Luciano Balmes y Urpiá ( ca, Jaume Llucià Antoni Balmes i Urpià; August 28, 1810July 9, 1848) was a Spanish philosopher, theologian, Catholic apologist, sociologist and political writer. Familiar with the doctrine of Saint Thomas Aqui ...

and

Juan Donoso Cortés Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas (6 May 1809 – 3 May 1853) was a Spanish counter-revolutionary author, diplomat, politician, and Catholic political theologian. Biography Early life Cortés was born at Valle de la Serena (Extrem ...

, his work today is an important example of Spanish traditionalism.Wilhelmsen, Alexandra (1993). "Antonio Aparisi y Guijarro: A Nineteenth-century Carlist Apologist for a Sacral Society in Spain." In: ''Saints, Sovereigns, and Scholars''. New York and Geneva: Peter Lamb.

Works

* ''Oda al Sol''. * ''Oda a la Espada de don Jaime en Conquistador''. * ''Oda a España y Africa''. * ''La Cuestión Dinástica'' (1869). * ''El Rey de España'' (1869). * ''Restauración'' (1872). * ''Doña Inés de Castro''. * ''La Muerte de Don Fadrique''. * ''Pensamientos y Poesías''. * ''Discursos Parlamentarios''. * ''Discursos Forenses''. * ''Obras Completas'' (5 vols., 1873–1877).

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