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'''Juan Latino''' (born '''Juan de Sessa'''; c. 1518 – [[Granada]], c. 1594</1597) was a blackSpanish professor of Ethiopian descent at the [[University of Granada]] during the sixteenth century.
 
==Life==
Juan de Sessa a was the son of a black woman from [[Ethiopia]], since 1520 slave of [[Luis Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Sessa|Luis Fernández de Córdoba]] (c.1480-1526 1480–1526), the second Duke consort of Sessa. He went to [[Granada]] where he was educated together with his owner's son [[Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba (1520-1578)]] (third of the same title), and with the grandson of another famous Gonzalo, [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]], called "Gran Capitán".
 
His literary and fiercest personal enemy, [[León Roque de Santiago]], mentioned that Juan Latino was born in [[Baena]], son of a black slave woman and his master, the Duke of Sessa, Luis Fernández de Córdoba, who was father of his childhood friend and protector Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba.