Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela
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Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (13 January 1512 - 20 November 1594) was a prominent Spanish churchman who rose to become General Inquisitor of Spain, from 1573 to 1594, and Archbishop of Toledo from 1577 to 1594. He was named a Cardinal by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578.
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Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (13 January 1512 - 20 November 1594) was a prominent Spanish churchman who rose to become General Inquisitor of Spain, from 1573 to 1594, and Archbishop of Toledo from 1577 to 1594. He was named a Cardinal by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578. He was the nephew of the 1st Bishop of Michoacán in Mexico, Vasco de Quiroga.
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deceased
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Lived 1512 to 1594 · aged 82
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