▁of ▁Se ville . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁for ▁about ▁six ▁years ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Se ville ▁studying ▁Dia lect ics ▁and ▁Philosoph y , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁ser m ons ▁of ▁G iles ▁of ▁V iter bo ▁amongst ▁others . ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁Val era ▁became ▁a ▁mon k ▁in ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁Hier onym ites ▁and ▁lived ▁at ▁the ▁Mon aster y ▁of ▁San ▁Is id oro , ▁where ▁he ▁adopted ▁the ▁surname ▁' de ▁Val era ', ▁this ▁being ▁the ▁Hier onym ite ▁practice . ▁ ▁O wing ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁Re formation ▁in ▁nearby ▁Se ville , ▁Val era ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁mon ks ▁at ▁San ▁Is id oro ▁accepted ▁reform ist ▁teaching ▁with ▁twenty - two ▁of ▁the ▁forty ▁mon ks ▁in ▁the ▁monaster y ▁being ▁accused ▁of ▁her es y . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁the ▁d angers , ▁twelve ▁of ▁them ▁fled ▁to ▁Gene va , ▁including ▁Cas iod oro ▁de ▁Re ina ▁and ▁Antonio ▁del ▁Cor ro ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Val era ▁himself . ▁Of ▁those ▁that ▁remained , ▁forty ▁were ▁burn ed ▁to ▁death ▁in ▁aut os - da - f é ▁by ▁ 1 5 6 2 ; ▁Val era ▁was ▁tried ▁in ▁absent ia ▁and ▁his ▁eff ig y ▁was ▁burn ed ▁at ▁the ▁st ake . ▁ ▁Gene va ▁& ▁England ▁▁ ▁Val era ▁first ▁went ▁to ▁Gene va , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁John ▁Cal vin ,