 He was born towards the end of the seventeenth century at Granada, Spain; died in 1768 in the monastery of Aracoeli.He entered the order of St. Peter of Alcántara at Granada.In the Philippine Islands, whither he had gone as missionary and as secretary to Foguéras, the Spanish colonial commissioner-general of Mexico, he was imprisoned for four months, as a result of opposition on the part of the religious orders to reforms attempted by the commissioner.