Diego de Tapia Aldana

Diego de Tapia Aldana was a friar, philosopher and writer from Spain from the house of Uclés in the 16th century.

Biography

Diego was a presbyter and canon regular in the Order of Santiago in the convent in Úcles, a town in Spain.

He was celebrated in his data for his erudition and wisdom. He was a student at the University of Salamanca, and he wrote various works

  • Dialogus de triplici bono et vent homini nobilitate.., Salmanticae, Excudebat Cornelius Bonardus, 1588.
  • Philemon dialogus,..., Salamanca, 1588, folio.

References

Sources

  • Basilio Sebastián Castellanos de Losada.- Biografía eclesiástica completa, Madrid: A.G Fuentenebro, 1867.
  • Francisco de Paula Mellado (editor) .- Diccionario universal de historia y geografía, Madid, 1848.
  • Fernández Llamazares, J.- Historia compendiada de las cuatro órdenes militares de Santiago, Madrid, 1862.
  • Vidal y Díaz, A.-Memoria histórica de la universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 1869.

Additional references

  • Codoñer Merino, C.- El Brocense y la humanidades en el siglo XVI, University of Salamanca, 2003.
  • Díaz y Díaz, G. (2003). Hombres y documentos de la filosofía española. CSIC.