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Ribadeneyra, Pedro

Born: 1 November 1526

Died: 22 September 1611

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Pedro de Ribadeneyra, S.J., was one of the earliest members of the newly founded Society of Jesus. Born in 1526 in Toledo, Ribadeneyra spent most of his youth without a father. When he was introduced to Ignatius of Loyola at the age of 13, Ribadeneyra found in the Spanish saint a kind of spiritual father. In 1514 Ribadeneyra joined the Society of Jesus and made a career teaching rhetoric and composing biographies of some of the earliest members of the Society of Jesus. One of his most famous biographical pieces is the Flos Sanctorum, which details the lives of many saints within the sanctoral cycle of the Church’s liturgical seasons. In addition to being a hagiographer, Ribadeneyra also touched upon matters of political philosophy. His Tratado de la religion y virtudes argued against Machiavelli-inspired politics in support of a monarchy that rules according to true Christian virtues. Ribadeneyra died in 1611.

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    Victor M. Salas

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Salas, V.M. (2014). Ribadeneyra, Pedro. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_125-1

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