MANUEL GONZÁLEZ TELLEZ. — Spanish canonist and theologian of the first half of the 17th century (d. 1649). A student and doctor of the University of Salamanca, from 1635 he was professor of canon law at the same university and at that of Cuenca. He served as inquisitor in Valladolid, counsellor and prosecutor in the Supreme Council of the Holy Inquisition, and advocate at the royal court.
His *Commentaria perpetua in singulos textus quinque librorum Decretalium Gregorii IX* (4 vols. in-fol., Lyon 1673 and subsequent editions) are commendable both for their philological erudition and the elegance of their form, as well as for the substance of their juridical doctrine. A particular merit is his treatment of the history of individual canonical institutions. He also wrote: *Concilium Iliberitanum* (Lyon 1665).