Juan Álvarez de Toledo

Juan Álvarez de Toledo y Alva ( born July 15, 1488 Toledo, † September 15, 1557 in Rome) was a Spanish Dominican monk, bishop and cardinal.

Life

Cardinal Álvarez was the son of Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, second Duke of Alba and his wife Isabel de Zúñiga. His brothers were the Spanish Admiral Don García Álvarez de Toledo and the Viceroy of Naples, Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, his nephew was the famous as governor of the Netherlands Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba. 1507, he joined the San Esteban convent in Salamanca the Dominican Order at. His studies took him to the Colegio de San Gregorio in Valladolid and at the University of Paris. 1513 he was appointed by the general chapter of his order in Genoa as a professor of theology to Salamanca. In 1523 he was appointed Bishop of Córdoba, in 1537 the Bishop of Burgos, in 1538 he is cardinal. He receives the titular church of San Clemente. From 1540 he goes to his death at the Curia in Rome. There he is, among other things together with Cardinal Carafa, later Pope Paul IV, worked for the Congregation Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis. In this task, he shows benevolence towards the Founder and compatriot Ignatius of Loyola. He is considered restrictive in matters of faith, but one of the not so many reformers in the Curia. After the death of Pope Paul III. in 1549 he is listed as his possible successor. His choice, however, prevented by the Italian cardinals. Julius III. , An Italian, is chosen as a compromise candidate. 1550 Cardinal Álvarez was appointed in Rome Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. Also in this year he is cardinal protector of the German nation. Shortly before his death he witnessed in Rome with even the soldiers of his nephew, in response to the Habsburg - hostile and france -friendly policy of Pope Paul IV, in 1557 occupied the Papal States.

• Roman Catholic Bishop ( 16th Century)
• Bishop of Burgos
• Bishop of Córdoba ( Spain)
• Cardinal (16th century)
• Dominican brother
• House Álvarez de Toledo
• Person (Santiago de Compostela )
• Spaniard
• Born in 1488
• Died in 1557
• Man