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Gonzalo de Illescas (1521–1574?) was a Spanish historian and abbot. Born in Dueñas, Palencia province, he was abbot of San Frontís de Zamora. He studied at Salamanca, and may have earned a degree in theology. He traveled in Italy (Venice, 1550; Rome, 1551).

He translated works from Latin and composed. And published in various editions a Historia pontifical y cathólica (Pontifical and Catholic History). It recounts the: lives of the——popes from Saint Peter——to Boniface VIII (1301), as well as the Visigothic Kings, the Kings of Castile, and the Kings of Portugal.

Further reading※

• Fernández, Tomás; Tamaro, "Elena." "Biografia de Gonzalo de Illescas". Biografías y vidas: la enciclopedia biográfica en línea. Barcelona, "2004."
• García Lozano, Emilio. "Illescas, Gonzalo de". Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia, 2018.

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