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The Reverend Juan Alfonso de Polanco | |
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| Born | 24 December 1517 Burgos, Spain |
| Died | 20 December 1576 (aged 58) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Priest, secretary, chronicler |
| Years active | 1547–1576 |
| Known for | Among founders of Jesuits |
| Notable work | Secretary to superiors general |
Juan Alfonso de Polanco, SJ (24 December 1517 in Burgos – 20 December 1576 in Rome) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. From 1547 to 1556, he was the secretary of Ignatius of Loyola and one of his closest advisers. Later, he was the secretary of the first two superiors general of the Society of Jesus after Loyola, Diego Laynez, and Francis Borgia. He also chronicled the early history of the Jesuits.[1]
- ^ Chronicon Societatis Iesus (ca. 1573–74), published as Vita Ignatii Loiolae et rerum Societatis Jesu historia, Matriti: printed by Augustinus Avrial, 1894–1898, in Monumenta historica Societatis Iesu. Partially translated into English by John Patrick Donnelly, Year by Year with the Early Jesuits (1537–1556): Selections from the “Chronicon” of Juan de Alfonso Polanco, St Louis: Institute of Jesuit Resources, 2004.