Sancho Dávila Toledo (Sancho de Avila) (

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, 1546, –

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, Cáceres, 6 or 7 December 1625) was a Spanish bishop. He was of a distinguished family, and was known as a learned preacher.

Life

He completed his ecclesiastical studies and received his doctorate at the

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. He was afterwards consecrated bishop and was, at different times, bishop of Cartagena, bishop of Jaen in Andalusia,

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in Old Castile, in 1615, and, seven years later,

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, where he remained until his death. He had been a confessor of Theresa of Avila.

Works

His works in Spanish include: *"The Veneration Due to the Bodies and Relics of Saints" (Madrid, 1611); *"Sermons" (Baeza, 1615); *"The Sighs of St. Augustine", from the Latin (Madrid, 1601, 1626); *and, in manuscript, the Lives of

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and

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