Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mendoza and the second or maternal family name is Quiñones.
Coat of arms of the House of Mendoza.

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones (b. Guadalajara, Spain, 1444 – d. Madrid, October 14, 1502) was a Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza and the Archbishop of Sevilla. He was the son of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Figueroa, and was the brother of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, the second Condado de Tendilla. He was the second cardinal in the Mendoza family, studying at the University of Salamanca, one of the two prestigious Spanish universities. In 1481, he began his clerical career as a steward to his uncle, the future cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza. At the time, his uncle was the Bishop of Plasencia. Diego later become Bishop of Palencia in 1471.[1]

In 1485, Diego was made the Archbishop of Sevilla.[2] Later in 1500, he was also named Patriarch of Alexandria and Cardinal of Santa Sabina.[3][4]

Some authors name Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones as Bishop of Sigüenza, however this is a historical error.[5]

Burial

Diego was buried first in the Convento de Santa Ana de Tendilla, of which he was an important benefactor and patron. Later, his remains were transferred to the Catedral de Santa María de la Sede de Sevilla to a marble sepulcher made by Domenico Fancelli and commissioned by his brother, Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones.

Predecessors and Successors

In his role as Bishop of Palencia, he was preceded by Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo, and succeeded by Alonso de Burgos. In his role as Archbishop of Sevilla, he was preceded by Rodrigo de Borja y Escrivá, and succeeded by Juan de Zúñiga.

References

  1. ↑ Antonio Álvarez Reyero: Crónicas episcopales palentinas, pp. 184 y ss.
  2. ↑ Gil González Dávila: Teatro eclesiástico de las iglesias metropolitanas y catedrales de los reinos de las dos Castillas, vol. II, pp. 80–81.
  3. ↑ Vicente de la Fuente: Historia eclesiástica de España, vol. IV, p. 141.
  4. ↑ Salvador Miranda: The cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
  5. ↑ Toribio Minguella: Historia de la diócesis de Sigüenza y de sus obispos, vol. II, pp. 186.
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