Sebastian Francisco de Medrano
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1589
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| Birthplace |
Madrid, Castile
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| Died |
1653
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| Occupation Text |
President and Founder of the Poetic Academy of Madrid, Poet, playwright, commissioner of the inquistion; official censor of plays, priest, chief chaplain, treasurer of the Duke of Feria, etc.
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Sebastián Francisco de Medrano (Madrid, 1590–1653) was a prominent nobleman born into the Medrano family, a poet and playwright of the Baroque period, and the founder and president of the Medrano Academy, located on Leganitos street in Madrid. He was the commissioner of the Spanish Inquisition, acting as the official censor of comedias. He was also chief chaplain, chief almoner, and priest at San Pedro el Real in Madrid. He became the Protonotary Apostolic of the Pope, Apostolic Judge, chaplain and treasurer for Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, III Duke of Feria. Medrano was the author of the celebrated miscellany Favores de las Musas. The Spanish novelist and playwright Alonso de Castillo Solórzano described Medrano as "the prince of the most renowned Academy Madrid ever had."
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