Pedro Cerbuna del Negro (27 February 1538 – 5 March 1597) was a Spanish monk,

bishop of Tarazona The Diocese of Tarazona (Latin, ''Turiasonensis'') is a Roman Catholic bishopric located in north-eastern Spain, in the provinces of Zaragoza, Soria, Navarre and La Rioja, forming part of the autonomous communities of Aragón, Castile-Leon, Nav ...

and founder of the

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. He was born in

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and died in

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Life

His parents were Juan Nadal Cerbuna, ''alguacil'' or sheriff of the

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and bailiff of Fonz, and of Isabel del Negro y de Ejea. He studied at the universities of

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and

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, where he gained his doctorate in theology in 1563. The following year he was ordained priest at

. He later held several ecclesiastical positions such as professor of theology and vicar general of the

diocese of Lérida The Diocese of Lleida, known as the Diocese of Lerida in English, (Latin, ''Ilerdensis'') is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical p ...

, canon penitentiary and visitor to Huseca and canon and vicar general to the

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(1583-85). He dedicated the income from the Archbishopric of Zaragoza (then vacant) to creating the University of Zaragoza, allowing him to open it on 24 May 1583, almost twenty years after it had first been granted its concession by

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on 10 September 1542. He was consecrated

Bishop of Tarazona The Diocese of Tarazona (Latin, ''Turiasonensis'') is a Roman Catholic bishopric located in north-eastern Spain, in the provinces of Zaragoza, Soria, Navarre and La Rioja, forming part of the autonomous communities of Aragón, Castile-Leon, Nav ...

on 24 November 1585. There he founded a Jesuit college under the patronage of

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and a Conciliar Seminary of San Gaudioso. He was also made apostolic administrator of the

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. His grave is in the Colegiata de Santa Maria la Mayor in Calatayud.

References

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