Juan Álvarez de Toledo

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Juan Álvarez de Toledo (1488-1557) was a Spanish Dominican and Cardinal, from 1538. Considered papabile in the papal conclave (1549-1550), he was initially running second in votes to Reginald Pole[1]. He was again a candidate in 1555.

He was an influential figure in the history of the University of Santiago de Compostela, sanctioning a division of lay from religious studies.[2]

He was bishop of Córdoba in 1532, and bishop of Burgos in 1537. He was bishop of Albano in 1553, and bishop of Frascati in 1555.

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  1. ^ Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571) (1984), p. 509.
  2. ^ University-Santiago-Compostela-Overview-Institution

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