portocarrero's

Updated: May 21, 2025

Virtud, hija del cielo, in mentioning the Miño, refers to Portocarrero's appointment in Galicia; and as Portocarrero's term of office appears to have lasted from 1571 to 1580, the poem cannot be dated earlier than 1571 when Luis de Leon was over forty-three.

James Fitzmaurice-Kelly - Fray Luis de León: A Biographical Fragment