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Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva
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Born
Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo

(1757-08-10)10 August 1757
Játiva, Spain
Died 26 March 1837(1837-03-26) (aged 79)
Dublin, Ireland
Seat X of the Real Academia Española
In office
13 December 1796 – 26 March 1837
Preceded by Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva [es]
Succeeded by Jerónimo de la Escosura [es]

Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva Astengo (10 August 1757–26 March 1837) was a Spanish priest, historian and writer. He was educated at the University of Valencia, and became a prominent historian of the Church. He was appointed court preacher at Madrid and confessor at the royal chapel. In 1823 he moved to Ireland, where ten years later he published Phoenician Ireland, an attempt to prove an ancient Phoenician colonization of the country. The work was translated into English in 1837 by Henry O'Brien.

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