Juan Álvarez Sotelo


Category: Jesuit
Birth Date: 25th November 1648 (†16th June 1712)
Birth Place: Perrelos – Sarreaus (Ourense)
 Curriculum

He entered the Society of Jesus in 1672 and was ordained ten years later. He taught Grammar and Humanities in Monterrei until 1694 and shortly after he moved to Santiago.

 Work & Activities

He wrote several works although they remained unpublished and some of them got lost: Epílogo de Santa Eufemia, Epílogo de la vida y martirio de Santa Marina de Aguas Santas, Predicación y viaje de Santiago a España and Historia general del Reino de Galicia, repartida en cinco libros, en que se trata de sus pobladores después del diluvio universal, antigüedades y guerras civiles en España hasta que fue dominado por los árabes. This work was interrupted and is preserved in the Academy of History.