Antonio Zapata y Cisneros
Antonio Zapata y Cisneros | |
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Clement VIII | |
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| Born | 8 October 1550 |
| Died | 27 April 1635 (aged 84) Madrid |
Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, also listed as Zapata y Mendoza,
Life
Ecclesiastical career
He was the first child of Francisco Zapata de Cisneros, 1st Count of Barajas, and María Clara de Mendoza; and a grand-nephew of Cardinal Cisneros.
He studied at
In May 1596 he was sent to the diocese of Pamplona.
In June 1604 Pope
In 1617 he returned to Spain, bringing with him the remains of Saint
Viceroy of Naples
In September 1620 Philip III gave him the post of Viceroy of Naples, where he arrived at the end of the year.[5] At the death of Pope Paul V the following month, Zapata traveled to Rome, where he participated in the conclave in which the new pope
During the viceroyalty of Zapata the country suffered serious inflation caused by the systematic counterfeiting of the currency. Inclement weather, which left the kingdom isolated for several months, thereby hindering commerce, added to the precarious situation of the Neapolitans, who protested angrily against his government, leading on several occasions to physical aggression against the viceroy. In December 1622 Zapata was succeeded in his post by
Return to Spain
After his return to Spain, in 1625 he was entrusted with the administration of the
He wrote a book entitled Discurso de la obligación en conciencia y justicia que los prelados tienen en proveer las dignidades y beneficios eclesiásticos ("Discourse on the prelate's obligation of conscience and justice in the provision of ecclesiastical offices and benefits"), dedicated to the Cardinal-Prince. It was published in Madrid in 1629.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Salvador Miranda: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- ^ José Antonio Álvarez Baena: Hijos de Madrid vol. I, pp. 130-133 (1789).
- ^ Gregorio Fernández Pérez: Historia de la iglesia y obispos de Pamplona, vol. III, pp. 53-56.
- ^ "Catholic Hierarchy: Antonio Zapata y Cisneros". Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Juan Ramírez de Arellano, a servant of Antonio Zapata, wrote an account of the voyage from Madrid to Naples at the end of 1620: Relazión de la jornada que desde Madrid a Nápoles hizo don Antonio Zapata.
- ^ Virreyes de Nápoles, José Raneo, with annotations by Eustaquio Fernández Navarrete, pp. 408-417, included in "Colección de documentos inéditos para la historia de España", vol. XXIII.
- ^ Álvarez Baena, op. cit., vol. IV, pags. 394-395.
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