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Luis Ponce de León

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Luis Ponce de León , 1527?–1591, Spanish mystic and poet, an Augustinian monk. Fray Luis held various theological chairs at the Univ. of Salamanca. A noted Hebraist, he translated the Song of Songs and the Book of Job. His theological disputes with leading Dominicans and his translations caused him to be imprisoned for four years by the Inquisition. Of his exquisite lyric poetry, enhanced by a humanist familiarity with classical and Hebrew literature, only 23 poems survive. His work was not published until 1631. Fray Luis's prose works include Los nombres de Cristo (1583; tr. The Names of Christ, 1926) and La perfecta casada [the perfect wife] (1583).

Bibliography: See studies by M. Durán (1971) and K. A. Kottman (1972).

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León, Luis de

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León, Luis de (1527/8–91), Spanish theologian and poet. He made his profession as an Augustinian Hermit in 1544 and became a professor at Salamanca in 1561. He was one of the greatest lyric poets of Spain and his polished prose brought a new beauty to the language. His treatise on the duties of a Christian wife (1583) has remained a classic, but his devotional masterpiece is De los Nombres de Cristo (1583–95), a dialogue on some of the biblical names of Christ in which he expounds His universal ministry of reconciliation.

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Luis de León

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Luis de León. See LEÓN, LUIS DE.

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