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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros

1436–1517 · 15th century · Also known as Cardinal Cisneros

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was a Franciscan friar who became confessor to Isabella I, Archbishop of Toledo in 1495, cardinal and Inquisitor General. He reformed the Castilian clergy, pressed the forced conversion of the Muslims of Granada and twice acted as regent of Castile. He founded the University of Alcalá and sponsored the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/francisco-jimenez-de-cisneros
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