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Juan Serrano

1715–1754

An Augustinian friar and Tagalog religious writer, he is remembered for devotional works that helped carry Catholic teaching into local language print culture in the Philippines. His surviving books suggest a writer deeply involved in prayer, instruction, and the religious life of Manila in the 1700s.

1 Audiobook

Novena sa Maloualhating Ama,t, Doctor at Ilao nang Santa Iglesia na si San Agustin

Novena sa Maloualhating Ama,t, Doctor at Ilao nang Santa Iglesia na si San Agustin

by Juan Serrano

About the author

Born in 1715 and dying in 1754, Juan Serrano was an Augustinian friar associated with religious publishing in the Philippines. Records for editions and catalog entries identify him as the author or reviser of Tagalog devotional works, including Novena sa Maloualhating Ama,t, Doctor at Ilao nang Santa Iglesia na si San Agustin and an expanded Tagalog edition of Meditaciones.

The surviving bibliography around his name points to a practical, pastoral kind of writing. Rather than secular literature, his work centers on prayers, meditations, and instruction for Filipino Catholic readers, showing how religious texts were adapted and circulated in Tagalog during the Spanish colonial period.

A bookseller's catalog also describes him as an Augustinian who arrived in the Philippines in 1732 and served as procurator until his death in Manila in 1754. Because detailed biographical sources are limited, much of what can be said with confidence comes from the books linked to his name and the historical record they preserve.