Bartolome de Carranza
Bartholomäus von Carranza (Spanish Bartolomé de Carranza ; * 1503 in Miranda de Arga in Navarra , † May 2, 1576 ) was Archbishop of Toledo and known as a victim of the Spanish Inquisition .
He studied in Alcalá de Henares , entered the Dominican order there and soon made such a name for himself as a professor of theology in Valladolid that Charles V sent him to the Council of Trent in 1546 and used him on other important missions.
In 1554 he accompanied Philip II on his bridal voyage to England , became the confessor of Queen Mary there , took part in the restoration of Catholicism in England and won the trust of Philip, who gave him the Archdiocese of Toledo, the richest in the kingdom.
But soon he was suspected of the Inquisition. One wanted to find Protestant doctrines in his Comentarios sobre el catechismo christiano (Antwerp 1558), he was also accused of having instilled heretical thoughts into Charles V on his deathbed, and Carranza was arrested on August 1, 1559 in Valladolid. Because of his archbishopric dignity, he appealed to Rome , where he hoped to receive milder treatment; but only after eight years of hard imprisonment was he extradited there, and in Rome he remained imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo for another ten years before his sentence was passed. At last acquitted but punished with five years' impeachment, Carranza only survived this turn of fate by a few days; he died on May 2, 1576.
Carranza was buried in the Roman Dominican church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva and received the honorable epitaph:
- Bartholomaeo Caranza Nauarro, Dominicano, Archiepiscopo Toletano, Hispaniarum Primati, Viro genere, vita, doctrina, Conuersatione, atque eleemosynis claro, Magnis muneribus à Carolo V. Et Philippo Rege Catholico, sibi commiss [is] egregiè in prosperis functo., aduersis aequo.
- "To Bartholomaeus Carranza, Navarrer, Dominican, Archbishop of Toledo, primate of the Spanish lands, a man famous for his origins, lifestyle, teaching, manners and alms, who held the high offices that Charles V and Philip, the Catholic King, transferred, excellently exercised, measured in good times and indifferent in adversity. "
In 1993, on the initiative of Archbishop Marcelo González Martín , his bones were brought from Rome to Toledo and buried in the cathedral with a new grave design.
Carranza was always held in high esteem by the people. Other writings by him are Summa consiliorum (Venice 1546) and De necessaria residentia episcopum (Venice 1547).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan VII Martínez Silecio |
Archbishop of Toledo 1558–1576 |
Gaspar I. de Quiroga y Vela |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carranza, Bartolome de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carranza, Bartholomew of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Toledo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1503 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miranda de Arga in Navarre |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1576 |