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Tomás de Torquemada

1420 - 1498

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Tomás de Torquemada (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 newly formed union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, presently known as the Kingdom of Spain. In part because of persecution, Muslims and Jews in Castile and Aragon at that time found it socially, politically, and economically advantageous to convert to Catholicism (see Converso, Morisco, and Marrano). The existence of superficial converts from Judaism (i.e., Crypto-Jews) was perceived by the Catholic Monarchs as a threat to the religious and social life in their realms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomás de Torquemada is the 276th most popular religious figure (down from 243rd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Spain (up from 57th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Tomás de Torquemada was a Spanish inquisitor and Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. He is most famous for his role in the persecution of the Jews in Spain.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 276 out of 3,187. Before him are Anna the Prophetess, Saint Christopher, Pope Eugene I, Pope Cornelius, Pope Gregory V, and Pope Sergius IV. After him are Pope Honorius I, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Pachomius the Great, Pope Sixtus III, Pope Adeodatus I, and Vladimir the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 1. After him are Jean Fouquet, George of Poděbrady, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, Sesshū Tōyō, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Abdal-Latif Mirza, João Vaz Corte-Real, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Agostino Barbarigo, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1498, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 3. Before him are Girolamo Savonarola, and Charles VIII of France. After him are John Cabot, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Cristoforo Landino, Francesco Botticini, Mirkhvand, and Koca Davud Pasha.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 54 out of 3,355. Before him are Isidore of Seville (560), Lope de Vega (1562), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Luis Buñuel (1900), José Carreras (1946), and El Cid (1045). After him are Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), John of the Cross (1542), Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), Ramon Llull (1232), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), and Jusepe de Ribera (1591).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Tomás de Torquemada ranks 11. Before him are Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Dominic (1170), and Isidore of Seville (560). After him are John of the Cross (1542), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Ibn Hazm (994).

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