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Capella (Or De Capilla), Andres,

a Spanish prelate, was a native of Valencia, and first entered the order of Jesuits, but in 1569 left it and became a Carmelite. He was made bishop of Urgel, in Catalonia, in 1587, and died Sept. 22, 1610, leaving a Latin Commentary on Jeremiah, and Reflections for the Sundays of the Year, and Festivals, etc., in Spanish.-Landon, Eccles. Diet. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie Generale, s.v.