Luis Alfonso de Carvallo (1571–1635), also known as "Padre Carvallo" (Priest

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 Carvallo), was an important Asturian

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 historian

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 of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Life

Born in a poor quarter of Cangas de Tineo (Asturias

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), Carvallo was formed as a Benedictine

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 in the Corias monastery at Cangas de Narcea, and was later parish

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 of Tineo. In 1616 he joined the Jesuits. He became rector of the San Gregorio of Oviedo

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 school and Humanities

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 professor

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 at the University of Oviedo

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.

He wrote poetical essays, but his deep works about the ancient history of Asturias

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 still remain a highlight in Asturian historiography

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. Many of his manuscript

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 originals are still preserved in the Real Academia de la Historia

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 (Royal Academy of History) http://www.rah.es/

List of works

• Cisne de Apolo (Apollo
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  's Swan) (1602)
• Historia de las Antigüedades y cosas memorables del Principado de Asturias (History of the Antiquity and memorable things of the Principality of Asturias). (1613, published posthumously in 1695)