Luis de la Puente was a seventeenth-century Spanish Jesuit theologian and renowned ascetic writer born in Valladolid. After beginning his university studies at thirteen, he joined the Society of Jesus, choosing this path over the Dominican order followed by his brothers. Throughout his priesthood, he served as a teacher, preacher, and spiritual director, notably guiding novices and providing care to those suffering from the plague. He is widely recognized for his practical spiritual writings, which blended Augustinian and Thomist traditions with mystical theology.