Confessor and preacher, born in Cordoba, Spain. He became a Dominican in Córdoba in 1368. There he began a career of preaching, becoming famous throughout Spain and Italy for his preaching and holiness. He was also confessor to Queen Catherine and tutor of King John II in his youth. His influence at the court was a powerful force for good until he retired to an area near Córdoba where he founded a monastery, called Esalacele, or "The Ladder of Heaven." When the antipope Benedict XIII came on the scene in 1394-1423, Alvarez opposed him successfully. Alvarez died about 1430.
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