FERNANDEZ, LUCAS. – Spanish poet, born in Salamanca around 1474, died there in 1542. He held musical positions at the Cathedral and the University of Salamanca.
In 1514, while holding a benefice at the church of S. Tommaso Cantuariense, he published six Farsas y iglagas al modo y estilo pastoril y castellano, two of them on religious subjects, revealing himself as an epigone of Juan del Encina. Noteworthy is the Auto de la Pasión, for the vigour of its sentiments, at times tending toward the pathetic, and for the felicity with which its characters are portrayed in picturesque fashion. Inferior to his master in production, he surpasses him in reflection and religious sentiment.
BIBL.: M. Cañete, Proemio al teatro completo de L. F., Madrid 1893; R. Espinosa Maeso, L. F., in Boletín de la Acad. Esp., 10 (1923), p. 567 ff. Costancio Eguia