LLANAS, EDUARDO. - Piarist, born at Binéfar (Spain) on 13 Oct. 1843, died at Saragozza on 14 July 1904. He began his activity as an apologist and polemicist in the Island of Cuba, through his numerous writings in Revista cattolica, in which he fought against spiritism, Freemasonry, and schisms.
An effective sacred orator and lecturer, his Lenten sermons in the cathedral of Barcellona and his theological-scientific lectures on biblical subjects, delivered in the same city and subsequently published, remained celebrated (Origen del hombre, Barcellona 1880; Origines religiosas, ibid. 1882; Sobre el orden sobrenatural, ibid. 1887; Los seis días de la creación, ibid. 1889; Universalidad del diluvio, ibid. 1882, etc.).
He collaborated regularly in several Catholic and scientific periodicals and was also the founder of the journal La Academia Calasancia, which he directed from 1891 to 1900, contributing many apologetic and polemical articles to II.
The Spanish episcopate repeatedly honoured him with its blessings, and although some of his writings (e.g., El liberalismo es pecado?, Barcellona 1888) did not please certain persons, he could always say that one who is with God and with His Vicar on earth is not separated from the Gospel. He was the first rector of the Collegio di Villanueva y Geltrù and, from 1900 until his death, vicar general of the Piarist Schools of Spain. He published 4 vols. entitled Escolapios insignes (Barcellona 1899-1900).