Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal
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Place of Birth: Torrelaguna, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
- Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, O.F.M.
- (1436 – 8 November 1517), spelled Ximenes in his own lifetime, and commonly referred to today as simply Cisneros, 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 Complutense University, today the Complutense University of Madrid.
- Among his intellectual accomplishments, he is best known for funding the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first printed polyglot version of the entire Bible.
- He also edited and published the first printed editions of the missal (in 1500) and the breviary (in 1502) of the Mozarabic Rite, and established a chapel with a college of thirteen priests to celebrate the Mozarabic Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharist each day in the Toledo Cathedral. Cardinal Cisneros' life coincided with, and greatly influenced, a dynamic period in the history of Spain during the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
- During this time Spain underwent many significant changes, leading it into its prominent role in the Spanish Golden Age (1500–1700).
- Modern historian John Elliott said as far as any particular policies that can be attributed to Spain's rise, they were those of King Ferdinand and Cardinal Cisneros.
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| Alternative names | Matias Moreno; Matías Moreno González | ||
| Description | Spanish painter, sculptor and restorer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 7 March 1840 | 8 July 1906 | |
| Location of birth/death | Fuente el Saz de Jarama | Toledo | |
| Work location | Madrid, Toledo | ||
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