Avila, Sancho De
Avila, Sancho de
Born at Avila of the Kings, in Old Castile, 1546, and named after the place of his birth; died at Plasencia, in the same province, 6 or 7 December, 1625. He was of a distinguished family but was still more eminent for his saintliness, his vast knowledge, and his success as a preacher. He made his ecclesiastical studies and received his doctorate at the great University of Salamanca. He was afterwards consecrated bishop and held, at different times, the Sees of Murcia, Jaen in Andalusia, Siguenza in Old Castile, in 1615, and, seven years later, Plasencia, where he remained until his death. He had been a confessor of St. Theresa. The following works of his in Spanish are worthy of note: “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 St. Augustine and St. Thomas.
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Avila, Sancho De
a Spanish prelate and theologian, was born at Avila in 1546. He was successively bishop of Murcia, of Jaen, of Murviedro, and of Placentia. He died Dec. 6, 1625. He wrote, in Spanish, a treatise on the veneration due to the relics of saints (Madrid, 1611): Sermons (Baeza, 1615): a Spanish translation of one of the treatises of St. Augustine (Madrid, 1601, 1626); See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.