Bernardo de Fresneda

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Bernardo de Fresneda actually Bernardo de Alvarado (* 1495 in Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón ( Castilla y León ), † December 22, 1577 in Santo Domingo de la Calzada ) was a Spanish Franciscan .

De Alvarado was born in Fresneda de la Sierra into a noble family who had only modest means. He received his Franciscan habit in the monastery of San Bernardino in his home village.

Later he worked as confessor of the Spanish king Philip II. When the king was on a bridal voyage to England in July 1554, he and other clergy accompanied the royal train. De Fresneda was bishop of Cuenca and from 1562 a member of the Consejo y Comisaría de Cruzada . In 1571 he was ordained bishop of Córdoba, de Fresneda took over this church office from Cristóbal de Rojas y Sandoval . From 1573 he joined the Council of State, consejero de estado .

In 1577 he was elected Archbishop of Zaragoza , a position he no longer performed. He was buried in the monastery of San Francisco de Santo Domingo.

Works

  • Don Fray Bernardo de Fresneda, por la gracia de Dios y de la Sancta Yglesia de Roma, obispo de Cuēca, del Cōsejo de Estado de su Magestad y su confessor, commissario appostolico ... la instruction de la orden que mandamos se tenga y guarde por los commissarios, nuestros subdelegados y predicadores, thesoreros y receptores, y otras personas q̄ en qualquier manera entendieren en la administracion, presentacion, predicacion y cobrança de la dicha bulla. (1571)

Web links

  • Fernando Muñoz Sánchez: Tras la estela de Cisneros. Fray Bernardo de Fresneda y su legado en Santo Domingo de la Calzada (La Rioja). In Comunicaciones: II Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Historia Moderna. Líneas recientes de investigación en Historia Moderna, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid 2015, ISBN 978-84-15-305-87-3 [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helen Hackett: Early Modern Exchanges: Dialogues Between Nations and Cultures, 1550-1750. Routledge, London / New York, ISBN 1-3171-4695-6 , p. 101
  2. ↑ Trifón Muñoz y Soliva: Noticias de todos los ilmos. señores obispos que han regido la diócesis de Cuenca. Gomez, Cuenca 1860, p. 205.
personal data
SURNAME Fresneda, Bernardo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alvarado, Bernardo de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Franciscan, bishop, royal confessor
DATE OF BIRTH 1495
PLACE OF BIRTH Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1577
Place of death Santo Domingo de la Calzada