Sebastian Francisco de Medrano
Sebastián Francisco de Medrano Reverend Monsignor, Doctor | |
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Coat of arms of the House of Medrano (1568) | |
| Born | Sebastián Francisco de Medrano 1590 |
| Died | 1653 (aged 62–63) |
| Occupation | President and Founder of the Medrano Academy, Poet, playwright, commissioner of the inquistion; official censor of plays, priest, chief chaplain, treasurer of the Duke of Feria, etc. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | 17th Century |
| Literary movement | Baroque |
| Notable works | Favores de las Musas Soliloquies of the Ave Maria |
Sebastián Francisco de Medrano (Madrid, 1590–1653) was a prominent nobleman born into the Medrano family, a poet, jurist, clergyman, and playwright of the Baroque period, and the founder and president of the Medrano Academy, located on Leganitos street in Madrid. He was the commissioner of the Spanish Inquisition, acting as the official censor of comedias. He was also chief chaplain, chief almoner, and priest at San Pedro el Real in Madrid. He became the Protonotary Apostolic of the Pope, Apostolic Judge, chaplain and treasurer for Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, III Duke of Feria. Medrano was the author of the celebrated miscellany Favores de las Musas. The Spanish novelist and playwright Alonso de Castillo Solórzano described Medrano as "the prince of the most renowned Academy Madrid ever had."