Martín Pérez de Ayala

Martín Pérez de Ayala (11 November 1504 – 5 August 1566) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Valencia (1564–1566),[1] Bishop of Segovia (1560–1564),[2] and Bishop of Guadix (1548–1560).[3]

Most Reverend

Martín Pérez de Ayala
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Valencia
In office1564–1566
PredecessorAcisclo de Moya y Contreras
SuccessorFernando de Loaces
Orders
Consecration30 September 1548
by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi
Personal details
Born11 November 1504
Segura de la Sierra, Spain
Died5 August 1566 (age 61)
Valencia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Previous post(s)Bishop of Guadix (1548–1560)
Bishop of Segovia (1560–1564)

Biography

Martín Pérez de Ayala was born in Segura de la Sierra, Spain on 11 November 1504.[4][5] On 16 May 1548, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Guadix.[3][4] On 30 September 1548, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi, Bishop of Novara, with Giovanni Simonetta, Bishop of Lodi, and Francisco de Urríes, Bishop of Urgell, serving as co-consecrators.[4] On 30 May 1549, he was installed as Bishop of Guadix.[4] On 17 July 1560, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Segovia and installed on 12 July 1561.[2][4] On 6 September 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Archbishop of Valencia and installed on 23 Apr 1565.[1][4] He served as Archbishop of Valencia until his death on 5 August 1566.[1][4]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1560).[4]

Works

Some of his works with the year of publication include:

  • Notices to die well. Milan, 1552.
  • Brief compendium for properly examining conscience in the judgment of sacramental confession. Now again corrected and added. Valence: John May, 1582; other ed. Pamplona, 1612; Valencia: John May, 1567 and Valladolid,
  • Christian doctrine in the Arabic-Spanish language composed and printed by order of the Most Illustrious and Reverend Mr. D. Martin Perez de Ayala, Archbishop of Valencia, for the instruction of the new converts of the Kingdom. Valence: John May, 1556; published afterwards under the title Catechism for the instruction of newly converted Moors. Valencia: Peter Patrick May,
  • Compendium declaration of what the knights of the Order of James... Milan, 1552, are obliged to keep.
  • The Concilium Valentiae Celebratum Anno MDLXV. Valencia: Peter Patrick May,
  • Of Divine, Apostolic, and Ecclesiasticis traditionibus, which authorizes ac viearum sacrosancta assertions, his book decems. Cologne: Heirs of John Quentel, 1560; other editions: Colonies: Gasparem Genneperum, 1549; Paris: S. Julian, 1562; Valence: Benedict Monfort, 1726; Venice, 1551.
  • Dilucidarum quaestionum super quinque universalia Porphyrii iuxta three ways in scholarly receptivity with explanatory text. Granada, 1537.
  • Discourse of the life of the Most Illustrious and Reverend Mr. D. Martin Perez de Ayala... Buenos Aires-Mexico: Espasa-Calpe, 1947; other editions, in: Manuel Serrano y Sanz, Autobiographies and Memoirs of Spaniards of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Madrid: Bailly-Bailiere, 1905, p. 211-2
  • Christian doctrine for those who understand already something more than what Indians are usually taught by way of dialogue. Milan, 1554.
  • The instructed Christian catechumen. Milan, 1552.
  • Life and deeds of Friar Peter Alfonso, knight of James and Prior of Uclés and St. Mark of Leon. Ms.

References
  1. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 325. (in Latin)
  2. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 296. (in Latin)
  3. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 206. (in Latin)
  4. Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Martín Pérez de Ayala". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  5. Chow, Gabriel. "Archbishop Martín Pérez de Ayala". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
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