Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva (original) (raw)

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Spanish priest and writer (1757–1837)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Astengo.

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Born Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo(1757-08-10)10 August 1757Játiva, Spain
Died 26 March 1837(1837-03-26) (aged 79)Dublin, Ireland
Seat X of the Real Academia Española
In office13 December 1796 – 26 March 1837
Preceded by Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva [es]
Succeeded by Jerónimo de la Escosura [es]

Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo (10 August 1757–26 March 1837) was a Spanish priest, historian and writer. He was educated at the University of Valencia, and became a prominent historian of the Church. He was appointed court preacher at Madrid and confessor at the royal chapel. In 1823 he moved to Ireland, where ten years later he published Hibernia Phoenicea (English, "Phoenician Ireland"), an attempt to prove an ancient Phoenician colonization of the country. The work was translated into English in 1837 by Henry O'Brien.[1]

  1. ^ "Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva - letra X". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.