Juan de Soria (died 1 October 1246), also known as Juan Díaz,Martín Alvira Cabrer, ''Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212: idea, liturgia y memoria de la batalla'', Sílex, Madrid, 2012, pp. 40-41 ISBN 978-84-7737-721-4 Juan Domínguez de Medina retrieved January 16, 2016Juan Loperráez Corvalán Descripción histórica del obispado de Osma vol. I, pp. 229-235, uses Juan Domínguez. or Juan Ruiz de Medina, was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Osma
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(1231–1240) and
Bishop of Burgos
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Ferdinand III of Castile
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Santander
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and
Valladolid
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. In 1231, he was appointed by
Pope Gregory IX
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as
Bishop of Osma
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. On 29 May 1240, was he appointed by Pope Gregory IX as
Bishop of Burgos
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Lope Fitero
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Bishop of Oviedo
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(1243).
Juan was probably the author of the '' Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile'', written between 1217 and 1239.Derek W. Lomax, "The Authorship of the ''Chronique latine des rois de Castille''", ''Bulletin of Hispanic Studies'', XL (1963), 205–211.