in Alcalá de Henares, a Castilian city about 35 kilometres
(22 mi) north-east from Madrid, probably on 29 September (the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel) 1547. The probable date of his birth was determined from records in the church register, given the tradition of naming a child after the feast day of his birth. He was baptized in Alcalá de Henares on 9 October 1547] at the parish church of Santa María la Mayor.Back