Spanish bishop
Portrait. Sancho Dávila Toledo (Sancho de Avila) (Ávila , Old Castile , 1546, – Plasencia , Cáceres , 6 or 7 December 1625) was a Spanish bishop. He was of a distinguished family, and was known as a learned preacher.
Life
He completed his ecclesiastical studies and received his doctorate at the University of Salamanca . He was afterwards consecrated bishop and was, at different times, bishop of Cartagena , bishop of Jaen in Andalusia, bishop of Siguenza in Old Castile, in 1615, and, seven years later, bishop of Plasencia , where he remained until his death. He had been a confessor of Theresa of Avila .
Works
His works in Spanish include:
"The Veneration Due to the Bodies and Relics of Saints" (Madrid, 1611);
"Sermons" (Baeza, 1615);
"The Sighs of St. Augustine", from the Latin (Madrid, 1601, 1626);
and, in manuscript, the Lives of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas .
References
External links and additional sources
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Cartagena" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Cartagena" . GCatholic.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Jaén" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Jaén (Spain)" . GCatholic.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)" . GCatholic.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Plasencia" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Plasencia (Spain)" . GCatholic.org . Retrieved June 16, 2018 . [self-published ] Attribution
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