Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
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Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (1485–1545), also named Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva, was a
Biography
Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva was born in Guadix, Spain, in 1485, the son of Rodrigo Dávalos and Leonor de la Cueva.[1]
In Italy, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona.
He studied under his uncle, Hernando de Talavera, Archbishop of Granada.[1] He then attended the University of Paris, receiving a licentiate in theology, and then studied theology at the University of Salamanca.[1]
He lived in
On 14 November 1524 he was elected Bishop of Guadix y Baza.[1] Charles I of Spain and Alonso Manrique de Lara, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, named him commissary general of the Spanish Inquisition in Valencia in 1525.[1] He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Granada on 22 January 1529.[1] In that capacity, he played a role in founding the University of Granada.[1] On 29 March 1542 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Compostela.[1]
He died in
References
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