Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo
Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo OP (born July 15, 1488 in Toledo , † September 15, 1557 in Rome ) was a Spanish Dominican , bishop and cardinal .
Life
Álvarez was the son of the second Duke of Alba, Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo , and his wife Isabel de Zúñiga. His brothers were the Spanish admiral García Álvarez de Toledo and the Viceroy of Naples, Pedro Álvarez de Toledo , his nephew was Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba , who was governor of the Netherlands.
In 1507 Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo entered the Dominican monastery of San Esteban in Salamanca . His studies took him to the Colegio de San Gregorio in Valladolid and to the University of Paris . In 1513 he was called by the general chapter of his order in Genoa as a teacher of theology in Salamanca. In 1523 Álvarez y Alva de Toledo was appointed Bishop of Córdoba , in 1537 Bishop of Burgos , and in 1538 Pope Paul III raised him . the Cardinal and he was awarded in 1541 as a cardinal priest , the titular church of Santa Maria in Portico Octaviae . His title church changed frequently until he was accepted into the class of cardinal bishops in 1553.
From 1540 Álvarez y Alva de Toledo went to the Curia in Rome. There he worked with Cardinal Carafa, who later became Pope Paul IV , for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . He was considered restrictive on questions of faith, but was one of the few reformers in the curia. After the death of Pope Paul III. in 1549 he was traded as his possible successor, but his election was prevented by the Italian cardinals and Julius III. , an Italian, was chosen as a compromise candidate. In 1550 Cardinal Álvarez was appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in Rome . Also in that year he became cardinal protector of the German nation. In 1553 he became Cardinal Bishop of Albano and in 1555 moved to the suburbicarian bishopric of Frascati .
Shortly before his death in Rome, he witnessed how his nephew's soldiers occupied the Papal States in 1557 as a reaction to the anti-Habsburg and France-friendly policies of Pope Paul IV.
Web links
- Álvarez de Toledo, OP, Juan. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 12, 2017.
- Entry on Juan Álvarez y Alva de Toledo on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 12, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo Pio di Carpi |
Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1555–1557 |
Francesco Pisani |
| Jean du Bellay |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1553–1555 |
Francesco Pisani |
| Pedro Manuel |
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela 1550–1557 |
Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda |
| Iñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga |
Bishop of Burgos 1537–1550 |
Francisco de Mendoza y Bobadilla |
| Alfonso Manrique de Lara |
Bishop of Cordoba 1523–1537 |
Pedro Fernández Manrique |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Álvarez y Alva de Toledo, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gelmírez, Diego Archbishop |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Dominican, Archbishop and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1488 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toledo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1557 |
| Place of death | Rome |