Cardenal cisneros biography

CISNEROS, CARDINAL FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ DE (&#x;), cardinal and archbishop of Toledo, Franciscan friar, and principal adviser and confessor to Queen Isabella of Castille.

Frustrated by circumstances, temperament, and worldly abilities, Cisneros sought a monastic life, but labored tirelessly in the secular world. Cisneros viewed rulers as indispensable in guiding their people toward salvation.

He gravitated toward power and power gravitated toward him.

Cardenal cisneros biography

A man of strong opinions, Cisneros was blunt and assertive and adamant in his will.

Little is known of Cisneros's family background. Born into an impoverished family of the lower nobility, he was sent to school at Acaláde Henares, completed studies for the priesthood at the University of Salamanca, then went to Rome and returned with a papal bull appointing him to the first vacant benefice in Toledo.

He claimed Uceda rather than cede it to the appointee, a relative of Toledo's arc