Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo

Gabriel Patricio Álvarez de Toledo y Pellicer de Tovar was a Spanish poet, historian and theologian. He was a humanist, interested in philosophy and philology. He knew classical, semitic and modern languages, among French, Italian and German. He was the senior librarian of king Felipe V of Spain, and a member of the Secretary of State. He belonged to the Order of Santiago and was one of the founders of the Royal Spanish Academy. There are two periods in his life, one profane and the other religious. His poetic works appeared after his death in Madrid in 1744.