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Alfonso of Cartagena (Alonso de Santa María de Cartagena)

ALFONSO DI CARTAGENA (ALONSO DE SANTA MARIA DE CARTAGENA)

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Also known as: Latin: Alphonsus de Cartagena

ALFONSO OF CARTAGENA (Alonso de Santa María de Cartagena). - Son of the converted Jew Paul of St. Mary, bishop of Burgos (1435), counselor of John II of Castile. He distinguished himself at the Council of Basel. He translated classics. His works, for the most part still unpublished, are poetical, theological, historical. He died in 1456.

Bibliography6 works

BIBL.: P. Sicart, s. v. in DHG, II, coll. 702-707; R. d'Alos-Moncr, s. v. in Enc. Ital., II, pp. 586-87; H. Florez, España sacrada, XXVI, Madrid 1771, pp. 176, 208; B. Sánchez Alonso, Fuentes de la historia española, 2nd ed., Madrid 1927, pp. 11, n. 73; 118, n. 1479; 119, n. 1489.

Giovanni Meseguer

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 853.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Alfonso di Cartagena (Alonso de Santa Maria de Cartagena).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 853. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-di-cartagena-alonso-de-santa-maria-de-cartagena.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Alfonso di Cartagena (Alonso de Santa Maria de Cartagena).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 853. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alfonso-di-cartagena-alonso-de-santa-maria-de-cartagena.

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  title     = {Alfonso di Cartagena (Alonso de Santa Maria de Cartagena)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {853},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
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