Reconquista
Statue of the augustinian and poet of the 16th century
In the centre of the Patio de las Escuelas (Schools court) of Salamanca is a monument to friar Luis de León, the poet and sixteenth century Spanish Augustinian.
Friar Luis was a doctorate in theology and taught at the University of Salamanca (he was even a professor at San Juan de la Cruz), a city in which he also entered the Augustinian order.
Friar Luis de Leon went to jail during la Inquisition for complaints from some university professors ve reproached him for having translated the Bible into Spanish, something prohibited at the time by the Catholic Church.
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