Juan Bautista de Acevedo y Muñoz (1555 – 8 June 1608) was Bishop of Valladolid from 1601 to 1606 and Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1603 to 1608.

Biography

Juan Bautista de Acevedo y Muñoz was born in Hoz de Anero, Trasmiera in 1555, the son of Juan González de Acevedo and of Sancha González Muñoz. Born into a distinguished but not rich family, he was the eldest of eleven children, only three of which reached adulthood. His brother Francisco became '' merino'' of Trasmiera; and his brother Fernando was Bishop of Osma 1610-13 and

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1613-29. Juan was educated at the

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grammar school in

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and then at the University of Salamanca, where he studied canon law and law. A bright student, he drew the attention of Andrés Santos de Sampedro, Archbishop of Zaragoza, who chose him as his nephews' tutor, first in León, then in Zaragoza. He later received a doctorate from the University of Lleida. Upon the death of Archbishop Santos in 1586, he moved to Madrid, where Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela planned to make him an inquisitor, though he never actually appointed him to the post. Instead, the Marquis of Denia (who was later the favourite of Philip III of Spain) chose him as tutor for his son

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. As a member of the Marquis' household, he became prominent at court, where he was associated with

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and

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appointed him to the Chapel Royal and offered to make him

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, but Acevedo refused the appointment. He was named administrator of the

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in 1592. He was made a canon of the León Cathedral in 1598, and of the Cathedral of Toledo a short time later. In 1600, the new king, Philip III, offered to make Acevedo Bishop of Tortosa, but he again refused the appointment. Acevedo was appointed Bishop of Valladolid on 30 April 1601 and he was

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as a bishop by Fernando Niño de Guevara,

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, on 17 June 1601. Following the death of Grand Inquisitor

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, Acevedo was appointed in 1603 Grand Inquisitor of Spain. He was appointed Patriarch of the West Indies on 16 January 1606. Avecedo resigned as Bishop of Valladolid on 28 April 1606, returning to the court at Madrid. He died in Valladolid on 8 June 1608 as a result of complications related to a renal colic. He was initially buried in the Church of San Martín in Valladolid. He was reburied in the family chapel at the ''Palacio de los Acebedo de Hoznayo'' in 1618.

References

* This page is based on this page on Spanish Wikipedia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Acevedo, Juan Bautista De 1555 births 1608 deaths Grand Inquisitors of Spain 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain 17th-century Spanish people University of Salamanca alumni University of Lleida alumni