Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (1485–1545), also named Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva, was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and

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Biography

Gaspar Dávalos de la Cueva was born in Guadix, Spain, in 1485, the son of Rodrigo Dávalos and Leonor de la Cueva. In Italy, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal

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. He studied under his uncle, Hernando de Talavera,

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. He then attended the University of Paris, receiving a licentiate in theology, and then studied theology at the University of Salamanca. He lived in

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, Alcaraz, and Guadix. On 4 August 1509 he became a fellow of the ''Colegio de Santa Cruz'' at the University of Valladolid, later becoming a professor there. In 1517, he became lector in theology at

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. He was also a canon of the

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and of

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. On 14 November 1524 he was elected Bishop of Guadix y Baza. Charles I of Spain and Alonso Manrique de Lara, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, named him

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of the Spanish Inquisition in Valencia in 1525. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Granada on 22 January 1529. In that capacity, he played a role in founding the University of Granada. On 29 March 1542 he was transferred to the metropolitan see of Compostela.

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made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 19 December 1544. He died before receiving the

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or a titular church. King Charles I nominated him to be Archbishop of Toledo but he died before he was preconized by the pope. He died in Santiago de Compostela on 2 November 1545. He is buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avalos de la Cueva, Gaspar de 1485 births 1545 deaths 16th-century Spanish cardinals University of Salamanca alumni Archbishops of Granada People from Guadix