Juan Manuel Martínez Ugarte (1 June 1755 – 30 April 1801), known as Manuel Risco or Padre Risco, was a Spanish historian. Born at Haro

Haro

Haro may refer to:*Los Haro, a town in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico*Haro, La Rioja, a town in Spain**Haro family, a noble Spanish family, lords of the mentioned town*Haro River, a river in Pakistan...

, he took the Augustinian habit at the Convento de Nuestra Señora del Risco in the Diocese of Ávila. He studied at the University of Salamanca

University of Salamanca

The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...

 and was a disciple of Enrique Flórez

Enrique Florez

Enrique Flórez de Setién y Huidobro was a Spanish historian.Florez was born in Valladolid. At 15 years old, he entered the order of St Augustine. He subsequently became professor of theology at the University of Alcala, where he published a Cursus theologiae in five volumes...

, who took him along with him on his voyages of historical research. On Flórez's death Risco took over the unfinish project España Sagrada. By then he was Jefe de Estudios at the Convento de Doña María de Aragón. He published thirteen volumes of the España Sagrada, from thirty to forty-two, inclusive. In 1800 ill health forced him to resign from the project and he ended his days at the Monasterio de San Felipe el Real in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

. He was replaced by Juan Fernández de Rojas

Juan Fernández de Rojas

Juan Fernández de Rojas was a Spanish historian, writer and humorist....

from the same monastery.