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Bonifaci Ferrer

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Boniface Ferrer[1] (1350–1417) was a Carthusian monk, brother of Saint Vincent Ferrer, and translator of the first Bible into Valencian (Valencian Bible 1488).

His translation was the first translation into a Romance language (catalan) since Peter Waldo's translation into Provençal.[2]

References

  1. ^ There are variations to Ferrer's first name – in Valencian it is "Bonifaci", while in Spanish it is "Bonifacio")
  2. ^ Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida, Rosa Vidal Doval Las Metamorfosis de la alegoría - 2005 p363