Fernando Niño de Guevara

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Fernando Niño de Guevara was a Spanish cardinal who served as Grand Inquisitor and played a significant role in the religious and political life of late 16th- and early 17th-century Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Spanish Inquisitor General
human
appointedAs Archbishop of Seville
Grand Inquisitor of Spain
linked to: Grand Inquisitor
countryOfCitizenship Spain
createdCardinalBy Pope Clement VIII
dateOfBirth 1541
dateOfCardinalCreation 1596
dateOfDeath 1609
educatedAt University of Salamanca
endTime 1602
1609
era early 17th century
late 16th century
familyName Niño de Guevara
linked to: Guevara
fieldOfWork canon law
ecclesiastical administration
inquisitorial procedure
givenName Fernando
memberOf College of Cardinals
nativeLanguage Spanish
nobleTitle Spanish nobleman
notableFor influence in Spanish religious policy
leadership of the Spanish Inquisition
role in late 16th-century and early 17th-century Spanish politics
partOf Catholic Church in Spain
Spanish Inquisition
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile
Toledo
placeOfDeath Seville
Spain
positionHeld Archbishop of Seville
Cardinal of the Catholic Church
Grand Inquisitor of Spain
linked to: Grand Inquisitor

Inquisitor General of Spain
President of the Council of Castile
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
startTime 1599
1601
workLocation Madrid
Seville
Toledo

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Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara depicts Fernando Niño de Guevara