Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros1 OFM (1436 – November 8, 1517) was a Spanish Cardinal and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, missionary of the Moors, promoted the Crusades in North Africa, and founded the Complutense University (currently the largest in Spain). Among his literary works he is best known for funding the ...

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Gonzalo Jiménez de Cisneros was born to a poor family in Torrelaguna in Castile in 1436 and studied at Alcalá de Henares and Salamanca. In 1459 he traveled to Rome to work as a consistorial advocate where he attracted the notice of Pope Sixtus V and returned to Spain in 1465 carrying an "executive" letter from the Pope giving him possession of the first vacant benefice. That turned out to be Uzeda, however Carillo (the Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain) refused to accept the letter, wishing instead to bestow the benefice upon one o ...

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From his new position Cisneros set about reforming the Franciscan order in Spain. The ordained friars had to give up the practice of having "wives" (or concubines). They had to reside in the parish where they were supposed to work, attend confession, and preach every Sunday. There was intense opposition. By 1498 the reforms were expanded to included not only Franciscans but other religious orders as well. The resistance was so fierce that four hundred monks and friars fled to Africa with their "wives" and became Muslims. The Minister General ...

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On January 28, 1516 Ferdinand died, leaving Cisneros as regent of Castile for Charles (afterwards Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor), then a youth of sixteen in the Netherlands. Though Cisneros at once took firm hold of the reins of government, and ruled in a determined and even autocratic manner, the turbulent Castilian nobility and the jealous intriguing Flemish councilors for Charles combined to render Cisneros position peculiarly difficult. In violation of the laws, Cisneros acceded to Charles's desire to be proclaimed king; he secured the p ...

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From his new position Cisneros set about reforming the Franciscan order in Spain. The ordained friars had to give up the practice of having "wives" (or concubines). They had to reside in the parish where they were supposed to work, attend confession, and preach every Sunday. There was intense opposition. By 1498 the reforms were expanded to included not only Franciscans but other religious orders as well. The resistance was so fierce that four hundred monks and friars fled to Africa with their "wives" and became Muslims. The Minister General ...

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Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Rise to power, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Reform Revolt and Crusade, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Final years, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Influences, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Notes

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Cisneros was a bold and determined statesman. Stern and inflexible, with a confidence that became at times overbearing, he carried through what he had decided to be right, with as little regard for the convenience of others as for his own. In the midst of a corrupt clergy his morals were irreproachable. He was giving to all, and founded and maintained very many benevolent institutions in his diocese. His whole time was devoted either to the state or to reli ...

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Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Rise to power, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Reform Revolt and Crusade, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Final years, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Influences, Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros - Notes

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