He studied Philosophy and Metaphysics at Santiago de Compostela University (1832-36) and then Medicine (1840-46). In 1946, he took his doctor’s degree in Philosophy and Medicine. He practised Medicine in Ourense for five years at the same time he taught Philosophy in the Seminary. He edited La Aurora del Miño and El Eco de Galicia. In 1860, he collaborated in El Correo de Lugo.