Juan Alfonso de Polanco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Juan Alfonso de Polanco

Clergy and secretary to the Superior General of the Society of the Jesuits

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1517

Place of Birth: Burgos, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1576

Profession: priest

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Juan Alfonso de Polanco (December 24, 1517 in Burgos – December 20, 1576 in Rome) was a Spanish Jesuit priest.
From 1547 to 1556 he was the secretary of Ignatius of Loyola and one of his closest advisers.
Later he was the secretary of the first two superior generals of the Society of Jesus after Loyola, Diego Laynez and Francis Borgia.
He also chronicled the early history of the Jesuits.