What is Gonzalo de Berceo?
{{Infobox person | name = Gonzalo de Berceo | image = Gonzalo de berceo.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = ca. 1197 | birth_place = | death_date = before 1264 | death_place = | nationality = [[Spanish people|Spanish]] | other_names = | occupation = Poet, priest and writer | years_active = | known_for = ''[[The Miracles of Our Lady|Milagros de Nuestra Señora]]'' | notable_works = }} '''Gonzalo de Berceo''' (ca. 1197 – before 1264) was a [[Castilian people|Castilian]] [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[poet]] born in the [[La Rioja (autonomous community)|Rioja]]n village of [[Berceo]]. He is celebrated for his poems on religious subjects. He wrote in a style of verse which has been called [[Mester de Clerecía]]. He is believed to be the first Castilian poet known by name. == Books he wrote == # '''Works about the Virgin Mary''': ''[[Loores de Nuestra Señora]]'', ''Duelo que fizo la Virgen'' and ''[[Milagros de Nuestra Señora]]''. # '''Lives of saints''': ''[[Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla|Vida de San Millán]]'', ''[[Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos]]'', ''[[Vida de Santa Oria|Poema de Santa Oria]]'' and ''[[El martirio de San Lorenzo (Gonzalo de Berceo)|El martirio de San Lorenzo]]''. # '''Doctrinal works''': ''De los signos que aparecen antes del Juicio Final'' and ''Del sacrificio de la misa''. {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1190s births]] [[Category:1264 deaths]] [[Category:People from La Rioja]] [[Category:Spanish poets]]