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Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz

c. 1310–1367 · 14th century · Also known as Cardinal Albornoz, Gil de Albornoz

Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz was a Castilian archbishop of Toledo and cardinal who served the Avignon popes as legate in Italy. From 1353 he reconquered the Papal States from local lords and city tyrants by war and diplomacy, and his Egidian Constitutions of 1357 gave them a lasting legal framework. He founded the Spanish College at Bologna.

Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz
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