José Francisco de Isla

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José Francisco de Isla (1703–1781) was a Spanish Jesuit, celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Cervantes.

His principal work "Friar Gerund" was a satire on the charlatanism and bombast of the popular preaching friars of the day, as Don Quixote was on the false chivalry. The friars he satirised were too strong for him, and he was expelled from Spain, retired to Italy, and died at Bologna in extreme poverty.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.

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