Background
Nieremberg was born and died in Madrid, but his parents were German.
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Juan Nieremberg
Edit Profilenaturalist philosopher theologian writer
Education
He studied the classics at the Royal Court, he studied science at Alcalá and canon law at Salamanca.
Career
He was highly esteemed in devout circles as the author of De la aficiónew york amor de Jesus (1630), and De la aficiónew york amor de María (1630), both of which were translated into Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Latin. Nieremberg has not the enraptured vision of Saint Theresa, nor the philosophic significance of Luis de Leon, and the unvarying sweetness of his style is cloying. But he has exaltation, unction, insight, and his book forms no unworthy close to a great literary tradition.
The Spanish botanists Ruiz and Pavón (Hipólito Ruiz López and Jose Antonio Pavónew york Jimenez) named an attractive plant in the tobacco family, Nierembergia, after him in their Flora Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus (1794).
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Born
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Died
April 7, 1658 (aged 62) -
Nationality
Spain -
Religion
Catholic