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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM (1436 – 8 November 1517) was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor , promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Alcalá University.
Mar 15, 2024 · Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (born 1436, Torrelaguna, Castile [now in Spain ]—died November 8, 1517, Roa, Spain) was a prelate, religious reformer, and twice regent of Spain (1506, 1516–17). In 1507 he became both a cardinal and the grand inquisitor of Spain, and during his public life he sought the forced conversion of the Spanish Moors ...
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros o Giménez de Cisneros, [2] más conocido como el Cardenal Cisneros (Torrelaguna, [1] 1436 – Roa, 8 de noviembre de 1517) fue cardenal, arzobispo de Toledo, regente de Castilla, primado de España y tercer inquisidor general de Castilla, perteneciente a la Orden Franciscana (O.F.M. Obs.).
Jun 8, 2018 · Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) was born into a noble Castilian family, but chose to turn his back on all the riches of his birth and instead became a Franciscan friar. He retained his acquaintances in society, and because of them was offered the position of confessor to Queen Isabella, a position he held until the day she died.
Aug 23, 2022 · Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (b. 1436–d. 1517) is crucial for understanding the political and religious transformation of Spain during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. He was born in 1436 in Torrelaguna, northeast of Madrid. His parents came from well-established, but not noble, families.
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JIMÉNEZ DE CISNEROS, O.F.M.Obs., Francisco Birth . 1447?, Torrelaguna, archdiocese of Toledo, Spain. Eldest of the three sons of hidalgos Alfonso Jiménez y María de la Torre, from the villa of Cisneros, Palencia.
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM (1436 – 8 November 1517) was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Alcalá University.
