However, the Pope Urban VIII idolized him and made him Knight of Malta and doctor of theology in 1627. Lope's daughter Amarilis, who was stricken with blindness and insanity, died in 1632. Lope turned more and more to religious contemplation and exercises, scourging himself so furiously that he bloodied the walls of his room. Most of his large incomes was devoted to charity and church. Lope's state funeral lasted for nine days.
Harmony is pure love, for love is complete agreement.
Lope chose easily the themes for his works according to the taste of his audience. Fuenteovejuna , depeicting a peasant unrising, was again performed with great acclaim in the 1990s. Lope's output included also pastoral romances, verse histories of recent events, verse biographies of saints, prose tales, and poems. A collection of Lope's nondramatic works in verse and prose published from 1776 to 1779 filled 21 volumes.