Diego de Tapia Aldana was a friar, philosopher and writer from Spain from the house of Uclés in the 16th century.

Biography Diego was a presbyter and canon regular in the Order of Santiago in the convent in Úcles, a town in Spain.

He was celebrated in his data for his erudition and wisdom. He was a student at the University of Salamanca, and he wrote various works

Dialogus de triplici bono et vent homini nobilitate.., Salmanticae, Excudebat Cornelius Bonardus, 1588. Philemon dialogus,..., Salamanca, 1588, folio.

References Sources

Basilio Sebastián Castellanos de Losada.- Biografía eclesiástica completa, Madrid: A.G Fuentenebro, 1867. Francisco de Paula Mellado (editor) .- Diccionario universal de historia y geografía, Madid, 1848. Fernández Llamazares, J.- Historia compendiada de las cuatro órdenes militares de Santiago, Madrid, 1862. Vidal y Díaz, A.-Memoria histórica de la universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 1869.

Additional references

Codoñer Merino, C.- El Brocense y la humanidades en el siglo XVI, University of Salamanca, 2003.