Pedro Sarmiento (Cardinal)
Bishop Pedro Sarmiento (4th from left) in 1527 at the baptism of Philips II (1939)
Pedro Sarmiento (* around 1478, according to other information around 1487/90 in Ribadeo , Spain , † October 13, 1541 in Lucca ) was a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church .
Life
From 1523 Sarmiento was first bishop of Tui (Galicia) , then from 1524 of Badajoz , later from 1525 of Palencia , to finally become Archbishop of Compostela in 1534 . Pope Paul III elevated the archbishop to cardinal on October 18, 1538 at the request of Emperor Charles V and shortly thereafter appointed him cardinal priest of the titular church of Santi XII Apostoli . In 1541 he also served briefly as the administrator of Anagni .
Web links
- Sarmiento, Pedro. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 19, 2017.
- Entry on Pedro Sarmiento (Cardinal) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 19, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Pedro Sarmiento (Cardinal) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ Roger Boase: Secrets of Pinar's Game: Court Ladies and Courtly Verse in Fifteenth-Century Spain. Volume 1. Brill, Leiden 2017, ISBN 978-90-04-34732-8 , p. 154 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Sarmiento, Pedro. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed June 19, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Pedro Ruiz de la Mota |
Bishop of Palencia 1525–1534 |
Francisco Mendoza |
| Luis Martiano |
Bishop of Tui 1523–1524 |
Pedro González Manso |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarmiento, Pedro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sarmiento y de Ulloa, Pedro Gómez |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish archbishop and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1478 or around 1487–1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ribadeo , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1541 |
| Place of death | Lucca |