Turrianus
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Francisco Torres known as Turrianus (c. 1509 – 21 November 1580), was a Spanish Jesuit Hellenist and polemicist.
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- Born
- 1566
- Died
- 1644
- Works
- 1
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- Comoedia de Divi Augustini pueritia et adolescentia
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Family name
- Torres
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Herrera de Pisuerga
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- theologian
- Employer
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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- date of death
- 1586-01-01
- date of birth
- 1509-01-01
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Francisco Torres known as Turrianus (c. 1509 – 21 November 1580), was a Spanish Jesuit Hellenist and polemicist.
== Biography == Francisco Torres was born in Herrera, Palencia, the nephew of Bartolomé Torres, bishop of the Canaries. He studied at Salamanca and lived in Rome with Cardinal Giovanni Salviati and Seripando.
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