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 The Diocese of Osma-Soria () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos. Its cathedral ...

(1231–1240) and Bishop of Burgos (1240–1246) as well as in the chancery of King

Ferdinand III of Castile Ferdinand III (; 1199/120130 May 1252), called the Saint (''el Santo''), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. Through his ...

(from 1211).GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos"
retrieved December 4, 2015

Biography

Prior to becoming bishop, Juan served as abbot of Santander and

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. In 1231, he was appointed by

Pope Gregory IX Pope Gregory IX (; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241. He is known for issuing the '' Decretales'' and instituting the Pa ...

. On 29 May 1240, was he appointed by Pope Gregory IX as Bishop of Burgos where served until his death on 1 Oct 1246. While Bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of Lope Fitero, Bishop of Córdoba (1237), and Rodrigo Díaz, Bishop of Oviedo (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.

References

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