Jerónimo de Alcalá

Jerónimo de Alcalá Yáñez y Rivera (1571, in Murcia – 1632, in Segovia) was a Spanish physician and writer.^[1]

Life

Jerónimo de Alcalá was born in Murcia as son of physician Hernado Yañez and Petronila de Ribera. He studied latin, fine arts and theology in Segovia, following lectures from Fray Juan de la Cruz. Despite his religious interests, he decided to study medicine in Valencia, following the family tradition. He returned to Segovia to become physician. He married twice and had twelve children. He wrote three books, of which the picaresque novel Alonso, Mozo de muchos amos (Alonso, servant of many masters), later also published as El donado hablador (the indiscrete lay brother) is the most remembered.^[2]

Works

• El donado hablador (The indiscrete lay brother),^[3] a picaresque novel
• Milagros de nuestra señora de Fuencisla (Miracles of Our Lady of Fuencisla),^[4] a chronicle
• Verdades para la vida cristiana, recopiladas de los santos y graves autores (Truths for the christian lifestyle, anotated from saints and serious authors).^[5]

References

1. Mas, Ezequiel González (1989). Historia de la literatura española (in Spanish). La Editorial, UPR. p. 424. ISBN 978-0-8477-3128-2.
2. "Jerónimo de Alcalá Yáñez de Ribera | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
3. de Alcalá Yáñez y Rivera, Gerónimo (1804). El donado hablador: vida y aventuras de Alonso, mozo de muchos amos (in Spanish). Imprenta de Ruiz.
4. Alcala-Yanez, Geronimo de (1615). Milagros de nuestra Senora de la Fuencisla, grandezas de su nuevo templo, y fiestas que en su translacion se hizieron por la ciudad de Segovia (etc.) (in Spanish). Ramirez.
5. Gallardo, Bartolomé José (1863). Ensayo de una biblioteca española de libros raros y curiosos (in Spanish). M. Rivadeneyra. p. 67.