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When did Lope de Vega become a priest?

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Lope de Vega, the renowned dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, entered the priesthood in 1614.1

Following a period of profound personal loss and religious crisis, he had previously joined a religious order in 1609. Despite his ordination, his ongoing professional and personal entanglements with his patron, the duke of Sessa, prevented him from securing the ecclesiastical benefits he desired. Later in his life, he was awarded a doctorate in theology and the cross of the Order of Malta, which led him to adopt the title Frey ("Brother").1