ARIAS MONTANO, BENITO (1527-98), Spanish orien talist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot, was born at Frejenal de la Sierra, in Estremadura. In 1562 he was appointed consulting theologian to the Council of Trent. He retired to Pena de Aracena in 1564, wrote his commentary on the minor prophets (1571), and was sent in 1568 to Antwerp by Philip II. to edit the polyglot Bible projected by Christopher Plantin. The work appeared in eight volumes folio, between 1568 and 1573. The last years of his life were spent in seclusion in Seville.