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Emilio Martínez
1849–1919
A Madrid-born novelist, journalist, and Protestant pastor, he wrote historical fiction and religious works shaped by Spain’s changing religious life in the late 19th century. His career joined preaching, publishing, and storytelling in a way that helped spread evangelical ideas to Spanish readers.
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Julião e a Biblia
by Emilio Martínez
About the author
Emilio Martínez Fernández was born in Madrid in 1849 and died there on April 6, 1919. Sources from the Biblioteca Nacional de España describe him as a novelist, journalist, Protestant pastor, and popularizer of Protestant thought.
He reportedly converted to the evangelical faith in 1869 at age nineteen, after growing up Roman Catholic. Later accounts say he worked as a colportor in Catalonia and Valencia, became an editor of El Cristiano in 1872, and was ordained in Madrid in 1884 for ministry in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church.
He is remembered above all for his historical writings and novels. Among the works linked to him are Recuerdos de antaño, Julián y la Biblia, Pepa y la Virgen, and Josefa y la Virgen, books that reflect his interest in religion, history, and everyday Spanish life.