Luis Alfonso de Carvallo

Luis Alfonso de Carvallo (1571–1635), also known as "Padre Carvallo" (Priest Carvallo), was an important Asturian historian of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Born in a poor quarter of Cangas de Tineo (Asturias), Carvallo was formed as a Benedictine in the Corias monastery at Cangas de Narcea, and was later parish of Tineo. In 1616 he joined the Jesuits. He became rector of the San Gregorio of Oviedo school and Humanities professor at the University of Oviedo.

He wrote poetical essays, but his deep works about the ancient history of Asturias still remain a highlight in Asturian historiography. Many of his manuscript originals are still preserved in the Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History) [http://www.rah.es/]

List of works

*"Cisne de Apolo" (Apollo's Swan) (1602)
*"Historia de las Antigüedades y cosas memorables del Principado de Asturias" (History of the Antiquity and memorable things of the Principality of Asturias). (1613, published posthumosly in 1695)

References

*Alberto Porqueras Mayo: "Estudios sobre la vida y obra de Luis Alfonso de Carvallo (1571–1635)" (1996)