Ordonho Alvares

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Ordonho Alvares[1] (died 1285[2]) was a Portuguese Cardinal[3] of the Papal Curia[4].

He was bishop of Salamanca in 1272[5], and archbishop of Braga 1275-1278[6]. He acquired also the abbacy of Husillos[7]. As Cardinal he was bishop of Frascati and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

[edit] References

  • Margarita Torres Sevilla and Peter A. Linehan, A misattributed tomb and its implications: cardinal Ordoño Álvarez and his friends and relations, Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia, Anno LVII nº-1 (2003), pp. 53-63.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Alvarez, Ordonio Alurz, Ordoño Álvares, Ordonius, Ordhon, Oddon, Ordeone, Ordeano.
  2. ^ [1], Italian, under Alurz, gives 1198 as date of birth.
  3. ^ From 1278.[2]
  4. ^ The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century
  5. ^ [3], Portuguese.
  6. ^ [4], [5]
  7. ^ Chapter 12: The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the 13th Century
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