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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

(Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436?-1517)

Retrato del eclesiástico español Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436-1517), que llegó a ser cardenal de la Iglesia Católica, arzobispo de Toledo, Primado de España, canciller mayor de Castilla, presidente del Consejo de Regencia de Castilla y gobernador del reino de Castilla. Esta obra es una copia decimonónica del retrato del arzobispo pintado por Juan de Borgoña y conservado en la Sala capitular de la Catedral de Toledo.
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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. Among his intellectual accomplishments during the Renaissance in Spain, he is best known for funding the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first polyglot version of the entire Bible, which was Mass produced using Johannes Gutenberg's printing press. 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. (From Wikipedia)

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