Origin: Almodóvar del Campo Historical identity: Spanish; Crown of Castile Affiliation: Secular clergy / no religious order
Life and work
Spanish diocesan priest, preacher and spiritual director, known as the Apostle of Andalusia. He promoted clerical education and reform and influenced numerous figures in the sixteenth-century renewal of Catholic life.
Birth 1499 or 1500. The title refers to his family name, not birth or residence in the city of Ávila.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910. Biographical article.
Primary ecclesiastical declaration; retrospective biography is a secondary historical account.
Library catalogue for editions and translations; not free full text.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.