Agustín Moreto y Cavana

Agustín Moreto y Cavana (April, 1618, Madrid – 28 October 1669), was a Spanish Catholic priest and dramatist.

[2] He attended the University of Alcalá de Henares between 1634 and 1637, studying logic and physics and receiving his Licentiate in December 1639.

He lived in Madrid till 1654, when he moved to Toledo, and became chaplain to the primate Baltasar de Moscoso y Sandoval.

He lived in the hospital grounds until his death ten years later, leaving unfinished his final work, a play about St. Rose of Lima.

[2] Moreto borrowed from Castro, Tirso de Molina and others to a considerable extent, but his adaptation shows great dexterity and charm.