José Luis González Novalín (6 January 1929 – 27 March 2020) was a Spanish priest and historian, rector of the

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in Rome between 1998 and 2010.

Biography

González Novalín was born in Tresali,

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

on 6 January 1929. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1952 and received his doctorate in Ecclesiastical History from the

Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...

in Rome. From 1954 he taught at the Metropolitan Seminary of Oviedo. From 1954 he taught at the Metropolitan Seminary of Oviedo, and during 45 years. Between 1955 and 1958 he was chaplain of the Colegio Santa Teresa de Oviedo between 1955 and 1958; and between 1959 and 1965 of the Colegio Mayor Santa Catalina de Oviedo. Among other positions, he was also Canon Archivist of the

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in 1962, and ordinary professor of the Centro Superior de Estudios Teológicos at the Seminary in 1986). In 1974 he moved to Rome when he was appointed vice-rector of the Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli. In 1998 he was appointed its rector until his retirement in 2010, when he returned to his homeland and settled in

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. As a historian, his studies on the

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and the Spanish church during the

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were outstanding. On 21 March 2020, he was admitted to the Central University Hospital of Asturias in Oviedo affected by

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. He died from the infection on 27 March at the age of 91 during the pandemic.

Books

His works include: *''El Inquisidor General Fernando de Valdés (1483-1568). I Su vida y su obra'' (1968) *''El Inquisidor General Fernando de Valdés. II Cartas y documentos'' (1970) *''Las visitas ad límina de los Obispos de Oviedo (1585-1901). Una fuente eclesiástica para la Historia de Asturias'' (1986) *''Bases e hitos para la historia eclesiástica de la diócesis de Oviedo'' (1995)

Awards

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness A Prelate of Honour of His Holiness is a Catholic prelate to whom the Pope has granted this title of honour. They are addressed as Monsignor (typically abbreviated 'Mgr') and have certain privileges as regards clerical clothing.

*Commander of the

Order of Isabella the Catholic The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (; Abbreviation, Abbr.: OYC) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent Order of merit, orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Charles III (established in 1771) and ...

Order of the Holy Sepulchre Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre may refer to: * Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), chivalric order belonging to the Holy See (the Roman Catholic Church) * Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Orthodox), chivalric ...

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