Joseph Sáenz d', a Benedictine, and one of the most learned men of the 17th century, was born at Logroño, March 24, 1630. He was censor and secretary of the supreme council of the inquisition in Spain, and interpreter of the Scriptures in the university of Salamanca. He printed three volumes in folio upon Philosophy, a commentary upon Aristotle's ten books of Ethics, and other pieces. He attained to the dignity of cardinal, and died at Rome on the 19th August 1699.