Hispanic cardinal born in Torrelaguna, Spain, in Cisneros, regarded as the main mentor of religious reform in Spain and openness for Western Christian humanism, and a leading role in the country's unification process, initiated by the Catholic kings, Fernando and Isabel.
A graduate of the University of Salamanca, he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Sigüenza (1482). He resigned from office and joined the order of Franciscans. Appointed confessor of Isabel I the Catholic (1492) and, three years later, archbishop of Toledo. Supported by the monarchs, he disciplined and moralized the clergy.
His project to implement a humanist-oriented education for the training of clerics was carried out with the opening of the University of Alcalá de Henares (1508), and with the edition of the Biblia poliglota complutense (1517). The death of Isabel I (1504) favored his political rise, making him a mediator in the negotiations that culminated in the Salamanca agreement (1505), which established the joint government of Fernando and his son-in-law, Philip the Beautiful.
With the death of Felipe (1506), he assumed the regency of Castile until Fernando took power definitively, a service that earned him the cardinal's cap and the title of grand inquisitor. With the death of Ferdinand (1516), he was again appointed regent of Castile until the accession of Charles I of Spain and V of Germany to the throne. His great mission, then, was to appease the discontent caused by the imminent accession to the throne of a foreigner, Charles of Habsburg, and he died in Roa, Burgos.
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
Order F - Biography - Brazil School
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