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Francisco Pacheco (baptised 22 November 1535 – 10 October 1599) was a Spanish theologian, humanist, poet, and writer.

Education

In 1555 he obtained his bachelor's degree in Arts and Philosophy from the Colegio-Universidad de Santa María de Jesús and between 1559 and 1563 studied Theology there.

Career and writings

In 1565, he earned the chaplaincy of the Chapel of St Peter in Seville Cathedral.

At around that time, Pacheco became friends with Fernando de Herrera and entered his circle of poets and humanists, which included Francisco de Medina, Baltasar del Alcázar, Gonzalo Argote de Molina. He also came to the attention of the Cabildo (council), which commissioned him to put in order the archives of the Biblioteca Capitular as well as accepting his proposal for the commemorative Latin epigraph for the Giralda. In 1570, he collaborated with Juan de Mal Lara for the iconographical programme to represent the city of Seville on the occasion of King Philip II's visit.

In 1571, he was elected chaplain of the Royal Chapel, belonging to the Crown. However, the following year the Cabildo accused him of having stolen books from the Biblioteca Capitular and he was dispossessed of the Cathedral prebend.

He spent the following few years composing his Latin poems and working for the city council preparing inscriptions for the Alameda de Hércules (1574) and the Puerta de la Carne (1577). Towards the end of that decade, the Cabildo ended their ostracism and he was again commissioned to prepare iconographical programmes for the Cathedral's chapterhouses (1579) and for its main monstrance (1580-1587).

The arrival of the new Archbishop of Seville, Rodrigo de Castro, in 1581, saw Pacheco being promoted to Crown Adminstrator of the Hospital de San Hermenegildo, also known as the Hospital del Cardenal, traditionally associated with becoming bishop. The following year, the archbishop appointed him canon and commissioned him to draw up the Officia propria Sanctorum Hispalensis Ecclesiae et Diocesis, which set out the liturgical ritual for the veneration of the saimts in Seville. He also prepared reports for the Inquisition regarding the censorship of books.

Although the Crown had instituted disciplinary proceedings in 1596 for corruption at the Hospital, for which he would be dismissed in 1599, shortly before his death, in 1597 King Philip had appointed him senior chaplain of the Royal Chapel, enabling him to continue working on the spectacular Tomb of Philip II (Túmulo del rey Felipe II en Sevilla).

Notes

References

1. ^ (in Spanish). Pozuelo Calero, Bartolomé. "Francisco Pacheco". Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (DB~e). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

External links

• Descripción del túmulo y relación de las exequias que hizo la ciudad de Sevilla en la muerte del rey Felipe Segundo (1869) by Francisco Gerónimo Collado. Real Academia Española.

• 1535 births
• 1599 deaths
• Christian humanists
• 16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians
• University of Seville alumni
• 16th-century writers in Latin
• 16th-century poets