(Fregenal de la Sierra, Badajoz, España, 1531 - Londres, Reino Unido, 1606)
"En momentos de inestabilidad política o religiosa, Oxford ofreció su hospitalidad a eminentes estudiosos españoles como Cipriano de Valera, autor de la preciosa Biblia Castellana que, modernizada, todavía se sigue publicando [...] Palabras de Su Majestad el Rey a la comunidad académica al ser investido doctor «honoris causa» en Derecho civil por la Universidad de Oxford. Reino Unido (Oxford), 24 de abril de 1986. Cipriano de Valera (Fregenal de la Sierra -Badajoz-, 1531/2-Londres, d. 1602), comúnmente conocido como «el hereje español», fue un monje jerónimo y humanista, autor de la llamada Biblia del Cántaro (1602), considerada la primera edición corregida de la Biblia del Oso de Casiodoro de Reina (Montemolín -Badajoz-, c. 1520-Francfοrt del Meno -Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico-, 1594) de 1569, nombrada hasta hoy como Biblia Reina-Valera."
"Cipriano de Valera (C. 1532-C. 1600) was the editor of the first major revision of the Spanish Bible translation of Casiodoro de Reina. First published in 1602, this version of the Bible continues to be called the Reina-Valera, even after latter revisions. Valera was in exile in England during most of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He also edited an edition of Calvin's Institutes in Spanish. Valera was born at Fregenal de la Sierra about 100 km North of Seville. He was a student for about six years at the University of Seville and became a monk. He was a member of the Order of the Observentine Hieronymites. He along with most of the other members of the local branch of the Hieronymites embraced the reformation and went into exile. Shortly after he fled an effigy of Valera was burned at the stake. He first went into exile in Switzerland, but chose to go to England on the coming of Elizabeth I to the throne. From 1559 he was a professor at the University of Cambridge. He was given a fellowship at Magdalen College in 1560."