Fernando de Valdés

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Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.


Statements (29)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic prelate
Spanish Inquisitor General
human
statesman
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spain
familyName de Valdés
givenName Fernando
memberOf Spanish clergy
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableFor censorship of books in Spain
leadership of the Spanish Inquisition
role in religious persecution in 16th-century Spain
notableWork Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition)
occupation clergyman
jurist
politician
partOf Spanish Inquisition
positionHeld Archbishop of Seville
Bishop of Ourense
Bishop of Oviedo
Grand Inquisitor of Spain
President of the Council of Castile
religion Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Castile NERFINISHED
Madrid
Seville NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Spanish Inquisition
notableGrandInquisitor
Grand Inquisitor
notableOfficeHolder

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