Francisco Javier Alegre

Francisco Javier Alegre was a Jesuit historian and humanist whose principal work, *Historia de la Provincia de la Compañía de Jesús de Nueva España*, documented the order’s activities in colonial Mexico. He also taught rhetoric, philosophy, and canon law, and produced Latin translations and original literary works, including a version of Homer’s *Iliad*. After the Jesuit expulsion from Spanish territories in 1767, Alegre continued writing in exile in Bologna.