Cipriano de Valera

Cipriano de Valera
Portrait of Cipriano de Valera which appears in La Biblia del Siglo de Oro
Born	1531 Nertobriga, Fregenal de la Sierra, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Died	1602 (aged 71) London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	Spanish
Alma mater	Universidad de Sevilla
Occupation	Editor
Notable work	Reina-Valera
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Cipriano de Valera (1531–1602) was the editor of the first major revision of the Spanish Bible translation of Casiodoro de Reina. First published in 1602, this version of the Bible continues to be called the Reina-Valera, even after latter revisions. Valera was in exile in England during most of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He also edited an edition of Calvin's Institutes in Spanish.

Valera was born at Fregenal de la Sierra about 100 km North of Seville. He was a student for about six years at the University of Seville and became a monk. He was a member of the Order of the Observentine Hieronymites. He along with most of the other members of the local branch of the Hieronymites embraced the reformation and went into exile. Shortly after he fled an effigy of Valera was burned at the stake. He first went into exile in Switzerland, but chose to go to England on the coming of Elizabeth I to the throne. From 1559 he was a professor at the University of Cambridge. He was given a fellowship at Magdalen College in 1560.

Since November 1602, there aren't any piece of information about Cipriano de Valera.

He was implicated in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, and was called "el hereje español" ("the Spanish heretic") par excellence.

Descendants

Portrait of Judith de Valera. c. 1590. Oil painting. 23,5 x 19,5 cm, aprox. Geffrye Museum, London

Reverend Joseph Fenn.

• Judith de Valera, who married Thomas Kingsmill (c. 1567–1613). She later married Edward Prescott.
• Ann Kingsmill (m. 12 de octubre de 1673), who got married to Giles Cοys.
• Sarah Cοys who got married to William Oglethorpe.
• Mary Vincent who got married to John Ford.
• Judith Ford who got married to Thomas Fenn.
• Nathaniel Fenn who got married to Sarah Stevenson.
• Joseph Fenn (1790-1878) who got married to Sarah Finch (1795-c. 1870) in 1817 and they had nine children.

See also

• Bible translations

Bibliography

• Hauben, Paul J. (1967). Antonio Del Corro, Cassiodoro De Reina, Cypriano De Valera. Geneva: Droz.
• Hutton, L. J. (1958). "A Spanish Heretic: Cipriano de Valera". Church History. Vol. 27. pp. 23–31.
• Kinder, A. Gordon (1988). "Religious Literature as an Offensive Weapon: Cipriano de Valera's Part in England's War With Spain". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 14 (2): 223–235.
• Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino (1956). Historia de los heterodoxos españoles (in Spanish). Vol. IV. Madrid: La Editorial Católica. pp. 323–329. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Works by Cipriano de Valera at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Cipriano de Valera at the Internet Archive
• Text of the Reina–Valera (1602)