José de Sigüenza

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José de Sigüenza (Sigüenza, 1544 - El Escorial, 22 May 1606) was a historian, poet and Spanish theologian.

A Hieronymite monk, de Sigüenza was the prior of the monastery of El Escorial, where he served as both librarian and historian. He is best known for his works on ecclesiastical history, in particular his History of the Order of St. Jerome (ca.1605), which discusses in detail the construction of El Escorial.

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• García de Paz, J.L., AACHE Ediciones – Article about Fray José de Sigüenza.
• García López, J., Literatura Española.
• Kubler, George (1982). Building the Escorial. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 691039755. 
• Sigüenza, José de (2000). Historia de la Orden de San Jerónimo / estudio preliminar, Francisco J. Campos y Fernández de Sevilla.. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Educación y Cultura, 2 v. ; 29 cm.. ISBN 8478469427. 
• Sigüenza, José de (c1988). La fundación del monasterio de El Escorial. Madrid: Aguilar, 643 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.. ISBN 8403880022.