Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda
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Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (1507 – 2 January 1571) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Biography[]
A member of the House of Zúñiga, Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda was born in Cáceres, Spain, the son of Francisco de Zúñiga, 3rd count of Miranda del Castañar, and María de Cárdenas y Henríquez.[1] His father's brother was Cardinal Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga.[1]
He attended the University of Salamanca, where he studied Christian theology under Francisco de Vitoria.[1] After he was ordained as a priest, he served as a cleric in Osma.[1] From 1547 to 1550, he taught theology at the University of Salamanca.[1] He became Abbot of Castro (near Burgos) and of San Isidoro.[1]
On June 27, 1550, he was elected Bishop of Segovia and was subsequently consecrated as a bishop.[1] He attended the last two sessions of the Council of Trent in 1551–52.[1] He was appointed to the commission to redact the decrees on the Mass and the sacrament of Holy Orders on July 18, 1558.[1] He did not attend the close of the Council because he was recalled to Spain to serve as a judge at the cause of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo.[1] On June 22, 1569, he was transferred to the Archdiocese of Seville.[1] He accompanied to the Holy Roman Empire to accompany Anna of Austria, the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, for her impending marriage to Philip II of Spain.[1]
Pope Pius V made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of May 17, 1570.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Barbara on June 16, 1570.[1]
He died in Jaén, Spain on January 2, 1571.[1] He was buried in Seville Cathedral.[1]
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- 1507 births
- 1571 deaths
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Seville
- Cardinals created by Pope Pius V
- University of Salamanca alumni
- University of Salamanca faculty
- 16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians
- Archbishops of Santiago de Compostela