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Berceo, Gonzalo de

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Gonzalo de Berceo Berceo 1197 1264 M P0750

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela Poet Ecclesiastical Church Author Author - poet, playwright

Years active Place active Century Region
13cent Castilla
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Gonzalo de Berceo (ca. 1197 – before 1264) was a Castilian poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects, written in a style of verse which has been called Mester de Clerecía, shared with more secular productions such as the Libro de Alexandre, the Libro de Apolonio. He is considered the first Castilian poet known by name.
Gonzalo is recorded as being a deacon in his home parish in the early 1220s, and as a priest from 1237 on. It has been surmised that he may have studied in the nascent university of Palencia, and may have served in the curia of the bishop of Calahorra (...) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_de_Berceo acc. 04/01/2015

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Date Document
1234/ca. Gonzalo de Berceo, La vida de San Millán de la Cogolla.
1260/ca. Gonzalo de Berceo, Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora.


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