MÁRQUEZ, JUAN. - Ascetical writer and Augustinian theologian, b. in Madrid in 1565, d. in Salamanca in 1621. He took religious vows on 9 July 1581, studied at Toledo, where in 1588 he obtained the degree of master, and was professor of theology at the University of Salamanca from 1597 to 1600 and from 1603 until his death. He held various offices in the Order, was preacher to King Filippo III, and consultor of the S. Uffizio.
He wrote in a classical style: Los dos estados de la espiritual Hierusalem, Medina del Campo 1603; El gobernador cristiano, Salamanca 1612 (ethical-political in content, printed many times); Origen de los frailes ermitaños de s. Agustín, ibid. 1618 (Italian trans. by P. I. Rampini, Tortona 1620). He also left hagiographical writings and one in defence of the Immaculate Conception. His commentaries on s. Tommaso remain unpublished.