Baltasar de Quiñones
Baltasar de Quiñones (died 1798) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1777 to 1798.
Biography
Baltasar de Quiñones was a native of Noblejas in the Province of Toledo, located in the ecclesiastical province of Spain.[1] He first came to prominence as a preacher at the court of Charles III of Spain.[1]
In 1777, the General Chapter of the Dominican Order elected him as their master.[2] He was master at the time of the French Revolution, with its concomitant anti-clericalism and the Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution.[2] All religious houses in France, Belgium, Germany, and many in Italy were suppressed from roughly 1789 to 1850.[2] Quiñones remained strangely indifferent to the disasters befalling his order.[2] As such, he was deposed by Pope Pius VI in 1798 and exiled to La Quercia.[2]
He later returned to Spain,[2] and then moved on to Florence, where he died on 20 June 1798.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Profile of Masters from the Dominican Order Website
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Benedict M. Ashley, The Dominicans, ch. 7
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Juan Tomás de Boxadors |
Master of the Order of Preachers 1777–1798 |
Succeeded by Pio Giuseppe Gaddi |