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Pedro De Quevedo Y Quintano
Pedro Benito Antonio Quevedo y Quintano (Villanueva del Fresno, 1736 - Ourense, 1818) was a Spanish Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic clergyman and politician. Named a bishop in 1776, he founded the Seminary of Ourense in 1803, and was one of the five people chosen for the Council of Regency that operated as the executive power, executive body of Spain's Junta (Peninsular War), Supreme Central Junta after Ferdinand VII of Spain, Ferdinand VII was deposed during the Peninsular War. He was also, at the time, the last Grand Inquisitor, until the Spanish Inquisition was abolished by the Cortes of Cádizwhich the Supreme Central Junta had established in 1910 to act as a parliamentary Regency. In 1816 Pope Pius VII named him a cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal. His sepulchre in the Ourense Cathedral was designed by sculptor Antoni Solà. External links * s:es:Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano (Retrato), Portrait of Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano and brief biography, included in the book s:es:R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villanueva Del Fresno
Villanueva del Fresno is a town in Badajoz Province in Extremadura, Spain. Villanueva del Fresno is the southernmost town of the district of Olivença and also one of the closest to the Portuguese border, with which it has extensive commercial contacts. History People have lived in the Guadiana Valley since prehistoric times, with Paleolithic and Neolithic traces uncovered. The area's most important archaeological relic is a primitive, probably Islamic, settlement known as Cunco Castle, situated between the Ribeira de Cuncos and the Guadiana River. Probably, earlier settlements underlay the site. The area was contested during the Reconquest, and later during Portugal's struggle for independence from the dual monarchy with the kings of Castille-Leon, during which it was renamed "Vila Nova de Portugal." In the late thirteenth century, the current Villanueva del Fresno was part of bayliato Templar Jerez de los Caballeros, until the pope dissolved the Knights Templar in 1312. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
