The writer's connection to the city was debated for centuries, with theories placing his birth in Aragon or Barcelona. However, research by Ernest Mateu in 1959 and later studies by Miquel Forrellad i Sola provided evidence from the Sabadell Municipal Historical Archive confirming his local roots.
Educated in Salamanca, Calvet de Estrella served in the court of Charles V and Philip II. He became a prominent chronicler of the Indies and a Latin scholar, authoring works such as El Felicísimo viaje del muy alto y muy poderoso príncipe D. Felipe.
“"His Sabadell affiliation moves from being a more or less plausible conjecture to becoming a verifiable hypothesis of probability."
In 1960, Sabadell honored his legacy by naming a street after him. The author died in Salamanca in 1593, leaving behind a significant historical and literary legacy, much of which remains unpublished.
