Case file · Folklore / legend
Román de la Higuera's false chronicles
The Toledo Jesuit Jerónimo Román de la Higuera announced in 1594 the discovery of lost ancient chronicles (Dexter, Máximo and others) full of invented saints and local glories.
1594 CE · 39.86, -4.02 · status: hoax
The account
The fake chronicons fed local legends and cults across Spain for two centuries before scholars like Nicolás Antonio exposed them.