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Pedro Cerbuna
Pedro Cerbuna del Negro (27 February 1538 – 5 March 1597) was a Spanish monk, bishop of Tarazona and founder of the University of Zaragoza. He was born in Fonz, Huseca, Fonz and died in Calatayud. Life His parents were Juan Nadal Cerbuna, ''alguacil'' or sheriff of the Spanish Inquisition and bailiff of Fonz, and of Isabel del Negro y de Ejea. He studied at the universities of Sertorian University of Huesca, Huesca, University of Valencia, Valencia, University of Lleida, Lérida and University of Salamanca, Salamanca, where he gained his doctorate in theology in 1563. The following year he was ordained priest at Lérida. He later held several ecclesiastical positions such as professor of theology and vicar general of the diocese of Lérida, canon penitentiary and visitor to Huseca and canon and vicar general to the Archbishop of Zaragoza (1583-85). He dedicated the income from the Archbishopric of Zaragoza (then vacant) to creating the University of Zaragoza, allowing him to open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Cerbuna Del Negro
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish language, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese, and Galician language, Galician name for ''Peter (given name), Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson (name), Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires (other), Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter (name), Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic language, Aramaic ''Kephas'' or ''Aramaic of Jesus#Cephas .28.CE.9A.CE.B7.CF.86.CE.B1.CF.82.29, Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
