Juan de Soria explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Juan de Soria
Bishop of Burgos
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Burgos
Term:	1240–1246
Death Date:	1 October 1246
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Juan de Soria (died 1 October 1246), also known as Juan Díaz,^[1] Juan Domínguez de Medina^{[2] [3]} or Juan Ruiz de Medina,^{[4] [5]} was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Osma (1231–1240) and Bishop of Burgos (1240–1246) as well as in the chancery of King Ferdinand III of Castile (from 1211).^{[1] [6]}

Biography

Prior to becoming bishop, Juan served as abbot of Santander and Valladolid.^[7] In 1231, he was appointed by Pope Gregory IX as Bishop of Osma. On 29 May 1240, was he appointed by Pope Gregory IX as Bishop of Burgos where served until his death on 1 Oct 1246. While Bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of Lope Fitero, Bishop of Córdoba (1237), and Rodrigo Díaz, Bishop of Oviedo (1243).

Juan was probably the author of the Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile, written between 1217 and 1239.^[8]

References

1. Martín Alvira Cabrer, Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212: idea, liturgia y memoria de la batalla, Sílex, Madrid, 2012, pp. 40-41 ISBN 978-84-7737-721-4
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmednaj.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan Domínguez de Medina"
3. Juan Loperráez Corvalán, Descripción histórica del obispado de Osma, vol. I, pp. 229-235, uses Juan Domínguez.
4. Gregorio de Argaiz: La Soledad laureada por San Benito y sus hijos en las iglesias de España, vol. VI, p. 357.
5. Pedro Orcajo: Historia de la catedral de Burgos, part II, p. 10, uses Juan de Medina.
6. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/burg0.htm GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos"
7. Manuel de Castro Alonso: Episcopologio vallisoletano, pp. 60-72.
8. Derek W. Lomax, "The Authorship of the Chronique latine des rois de Castille", Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, XL (1963), 205–211.