RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

1436 - 1517

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros is the 836th most popular religious figure (down from 786th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Spain (up from 300th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was a Spanish Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, and Grand Inquisitor of Spain. He is most famous for his reforms to the Spanish Inquisition.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 836 out of 3,187. Before him are Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Josephine Bakhita, Athenagoras of Athens, Peter Faber, Scipione Borghese, and Maria Cristina of Savoy. After him are Saint Cajetan, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Mammes of Caesarea, 6th Dalai Lama, John Nelson Darby, and John of Rila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1436, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 2. Before him is Regiomontanus. After him are Leonardo Loredan, Francesco del Cossa, Louis of Cyprus, Tizoc, and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. Among people deceased in 1517, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 5. Before him are Luca Pacioli, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Fra Bartolomeo, and Catherine of Navarre. After him are Dayan Khan, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Gioffre Borgia, Heinrich Isaac, Cima da Conegliano, and Tuman bay II.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 288 out of 3,355. Before him are Ibn Jubayr (1145), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), and Rafael Nadal (1986). After him are Urraca of León (1081), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Muhammad I of Córdoba (823), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), and Blanche I of Navarre (1387).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ranks 25. Before him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Isidore the Laborer (1080), and John of Ávila (1500). After him are Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Al-Qurtubi (1214), Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), and Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945).

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