José de Sigüenza

José de Sigüenza

José de Sigüenza (Sigüenza, 1544 - El Escorial, 22 May 1606) was a monk of the Order of Saint Jerome, historian, poet, and theologian. He was the prior of the monastery of El Escorial, where he served as both librarian and historian.

He is best known for his works on ecclesiastical history, in particular his History of the Order of St. Jerome (ca.1605), which discusses in detail the construction of El Escorial. He also wrote a work on the life of Saint Jerome, published in 1595, an English edition of which was printed in the early twentieth century. He left unfinished a book on the life of Jesus that goes only as far as the adoration of the shepherds and was not printed until 1916 in three books.

Further reading

• Andrés, Gregorio de (1975). Proceso Inquisitorial del padre Sigüenza. Madrid.
• Andrés, Gregorio de (1980). «Nuevos datos sobre la genealogía del padre Sigüenza», in La Inquisición Española, Nueva visión, nuevos horizontes, p. 821-829. Madrid.
• García de Paz, J.L., AACHE Ediciones – Article about Fray José de Sigüenza.
• García López, J., Literatura Española (2008).
• Kubler, George (1982). Building the Escorial. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-03975-5.
• Sigüenza, José de (2000). Historia de la Orden de San Jerónimo / estudio preliminar, Francisco J. Campos y Fernández de Sevilla. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Educación y Cultura. pp. 2 v., 29 cm. ISBN 84-7846-942-7.
• Sigüenza, José de (c. 1988). La fundación del monasterio de El Escorial. Madrid: Aguilar. pp. 643 p. : ill., 19 cm. ISBN 84-03-88002-2.
• Villalba, Luis El padre Sigüenza: su vida y escritos, Madrid (1916)