Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza (3 January 1533 – 15 December 1624) was a Spanish

Dominican friar The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

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and writer. He was bishop of

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and Albarracin.

Works

He wrote many works, usually in the form of

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. These included: *''Treaties evangelicals; Homilies'' in three folio volumes *''Memorial against the Jesuits'' *''Homily on Solemnity of the Blessed Sacrament''.

References

Spanish male writers 1533 births 1624 deaths University of Salamanca alumni {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub