a Spanish ascetic writer, was born at Estella in 1524. After studying at the universities of Toulouse and. Salamanca, he entered the monastic life, and gained the confidence of Philip II, who called him his consulting theologian. He died August 1, 1578, leaving De la Vida del Evangelista San Juan (Lisbon, 1554): — De la Vanidad del Mundo (Salamanca, 1574): — In Evangelism Lucae (Alcala de Henares, 1578). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, S.V.