Biography
He was born in the Port City of Veracruz, New Spain (actual State of Veracruz, Mexico); he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1759, and took refuge in Italy on the suppression of the Society of Jesus; returned to New Spain in 1799 after the Society of Jesus was reestablished. His works are "De vitis aliquot Mexicanorum, aliorumque qui sive virtute sire litteris Mexici imprimis floruerunt" (3 vols., Bologna, 1791); " De Vita Antonii Lopezii Portilii, Mexici primum, deinde Valentiae Canonici" (1791) ; "Joannes Aloisius Maneirus de Vita Petri Mall Sacerdotis Mexicanae" (1795); "Vita Michaelis Gutierrii Sacerdotis Mexicani" (still in manuscript) ; "Relación de la fúnebre ceremonia y exequias del Illmo. y Exmo. Sr. D. Alonso Nunez de Haro y Peralta, Arzobispo de Mexico " (Mexico, 1802); and " Inscripciones y Epigramas " (still in manuscript).
Books by Juan Luis Maneiro
Francisco Xavier Clavigero, SJ
Sobre la vida de tres mexicanos ilustres, siglo XVIII
Vidas de Algunos Mexicanos Ilustres
Vidas de mexicanos ilustres de
Vidas de mexicanos ilustres del siglo XVIII
9 poemas inéditos del p. Juan
9 poemas inéditos del p. Juan Luis Maneiro, 1744-1802
Relación de la fúnebre cerem
Relación de la fúnebre ceremonia y exêquias del ilustrísimo y excelentísimo señor doctor don Ildefonso Nuñez de Haro y Peralta
De vita Petri Mali sacerdotis
De vita Petri Mali sacerdotis Mexicani
De vita Antonii Lopezii Portilli, Mexici primum, inde Valentiae canonici
Joannis Aloysii Maneiri Veracr
Joannis Aloysii Maneiri Veracrucensis De vitis aliquot Mexicanorum aliorumque qui sive virtute, sive litteris Mexici inprimis floruerunt