Gil González de Ávila

Gil González de Ávila (1570 or 1577 – 1658) was a Spanish biographer and antique collector.[lower-alpha 1]

Not to be confused with the 16th-century conquistador of the same name, Gil González Dávila.

Life

He was born and died at Ávila. He spent his early years in Rome, where he was educated at the residence of Cardinal Deza. He returned to Spain when he was 20 and settled in Salamanca. He was called to Madrid and made historiographer to the Crown of Castile in 1612, and for the Indies in 1641. Of his numerous works, the most valuable are his Teatro de las Grandezas des Madrid (Madrid, 1623, sqq.), and his Teatro Eclesiastico, descriptive of the metropolitan churches and cathedrals of Castile, with lives of the prelates (Madrid, 1645–1653, 4 vols.)[2]

Notes
  1. also written Gil González d'Ávila[1] and Gil González Dávila
  1. Baynes 1878, p. 157.
  2. Chisholm 1911, p. 64.
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References
  •  Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). "Avila, Gil Gonzalez d'" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 157.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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