Juan Luis Maneiro

Juan Luis Maneiro (in Latin, Ioannis Aloisii Maneiro) (2^[1] or 22^[2] February 1744 – 16 November 1802) was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar, biographer, theologian, and poet.^[2] After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces (1767), he went to Italy, where he wrote Latin biographies of illustrious Mexican Jesuits.

Juan Luis Maneiro
Born	Juan Luis Maneiro (1744-02-02)2 February 1744 Veracruz, New Spain, Spanish Empire
Died	16 November 1802(1802-11-16) (aged 58) Mexico City
Occupations	Priest teacher scholar biographer historian theologian poet

Biography

He was born in Veracruz (Mexico)^[1] in the home of a Criolla family.

Due to the royal theses of the 10th Count of Arandas, who convinced the King of Spain Carlos III de Borbón y Farnesio to carry out the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces, Maneiro had to embark with 24 other companions to set sail from Veracruz in the frigate Jupiter on 25 October 1767, and settled in Bologna, except for a time in Rome (1774–1783). He returned from Bologna to New Spain on 27 August 1799.^[1]

While in the Papal States, Maneiro penned biographies of some of his Jesuit colleagues, including Francisco Javier Clavijero^[3] and José Rafael Campoy, in Latin,^[4] as well as poems, in Spanish.^[5]

He received priestly orders in Bologna, on 2 February 1769.^[1]

Maneiro died in Mexico City, on 16 November 1802.^[2]

References

1. "Juan Luis Maneiro" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
2. "Maneiro, Juan Luis" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
3. "Felipe Tena Ramírez, p. 606" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
4. "José Rafael Campoy" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
5. "9 poemas inéditos del p. Juan Luis Maneiro: 1744 – 1802" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2023.