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Alfonso Salmeron
1585Feb, 13

Alfonso Salmeron

Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (b. 1515)
Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmerón (8 September 1515 – 13 February 1585) was a Spanish biblical scholar, a Catholic priest, and one of the first Jesuits.

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