Alonso de Villegas
Alonso de Villegas Selvago, also known as Selvago, which may also have been a second surname, of Genovese origin (Toledo, 1533 - ib., January 23, 1603)[1] was a Spanish ecclesiastic and writer.
Biografía
As a student and later professor of theology at the universidad de Toledo, was a chaplain in his cathedral and baptized in the church of San Sebastián and inSan Marcos in the same city, where he resided for almost his entire life.[2]
His only known works include Comedia llamada Selvagia: en que se introduzen los amores de un cavallero llamado Selvago con una ilustre dama dicha Ysabela, efetuados por Dolosina, alcahueta famosa (Toledo: Joan Ferrer, 1554),[3] one Life of San Isidro Labrador (Madrid, 1592), one Life of San Tirso (Toledo, 1592) and a Flos sanctorum in six volumes — a collection of stories in various manuscripts (which was read by Tomás Tamayo de Vargas) has been lost.
Referencias
- Se suele atribuir a este autor una fecha de deceso bastante posterior a causa de la confusión a que dan lugar numerosos , documentados por Sánchez Romeralo
- Jaime Sánchez Romeralo: Alonso de Villegas: semblanza del autor de la "Selvagia" y El maestro Alonso de Villegas: postrimerías de su vida Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Comedia llamada Selvagia