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Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562 – 1624) was a Franciscan friar, active as missionary in colonial Mexico and considered the "leading Franciscan chronicler of his generation." [1] Administrator, engineer, architect and ethnographer, he is most famous for his monumental work commonly known as Monarquía indiana ("Indian Monarchy"), a survey of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of ...
Juan de Torquemada was born in Valladolid, Spain. [1] " There is a general historical consensus that the family were former Jews". [2] Though those converso origins are very often stated without providing any source, [3] they are "based primarily on Hernando del Pulgar’s statement that Juan de Torquemada’s abuelos were converts from the Jewish faith". [2]
Tomás de Torquemada [a] OP (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Roman Catholic Dominican friar and first Castillian Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office, which was a group of ecclesiastical prelates created in 1478 and charged with the somewhat ill-defined task of "upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy" within the lands of the ...
Juan de Torquemada may refer to: Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) (1388—1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical author; uncle to Inquisitor, Tomás de Torquemada Fray Juan de Torquemada ( c. 1562 – c. 1624 ), Spanish Franciscan friar, missionary and historian of the New World
Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition Antonio de Torquemada (c. 1507–1569), Spanish writer Fray Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World
The account says that she ruled for four years and that rule was followed by all the lords ruling together. According to the historian Fray Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562–1624), who was likely familiar with the Anónimo Mexicano, Xiuhtlaltzin's four-year rule was followed by that of Tecpancaltzin (also known as Topiltzin). [5]
Felipe Antonio Gil de Taboada Commissioned as Grand Inquisitor but did not serve. 1717 1717 José de Molines Proclaimed in Rome, but detained by Austrians and died without serving. 1718 1718 Felipe de Arcemendi Died without serving. 1720 1720 Diego de Astorga y Céspedes: Archbishop of Toledo: 1720 1733 Juan de Camargo y Angulo: Bishop of ...
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada was born in Córdoba, Spain. [1] On 7 July 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Ourense. [1] On 25 January 1579, he was consecrated bishop by Francisco Blanco Salcedo, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, with Fernando Vellosillo Barrio, Bishop of Lugo, and Diego Torquemada, Bishop of Tui, serving as co-consecrators. [1]