Torquemada may refer to:

People

Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (1388 – 26 September 1468), (church Latin Johannes de Turre cremata, various spellings), Spanish ecclesiastic, defender of Jewish conversos, has been described as the most articulate papal apologist of the fifteenth ce ...

(1388–1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical writer *

Tomás de Torquemada Tomás de Torquemada (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Castilian Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office (otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition). ...

(1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition *

Antonio de Torquemada ''For other people with this surname, see Torquemada'' Antonio de Torquemada (circa 1507, León, Spain - 1569), was a Spanish writer of the Renaissance.Coordinators: Alonso, Juan / Matas, Juan Caballero / Trabado, José (2005) ''La maravilla es ...

(c. 1507–1569), Spanish writer *

Fray Juan de Torquemada Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562 – 1624) was a Franciscan friar, active as missionary in colonial Mexico and considered the "leading Franciscan chronicler of his generation." Administrator, engineer, architect and ethnographer, he is most fam ...

(c. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World *

Edward Powys Mathers Edward Powys Mathers (28 August 1892 – 3 February 1939) was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. Powys Mathers was born in Forest Hill, London, the son of Edward Peter Mathers, newsp ...

(1892–1939) (pseudonym Torquemada), British crossword setter

Fiction

* Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama series ''Oz'' * Horatio Torquemada Marley, Elaine Marley's grandfather in the ''

Monkey Island ''Monkey Island'' is a series of adventure games. The first four games in the series were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. The fifth installment of the franchise was developed by Telltale Games in collaborat ...

'' series * '' Las novelas de Torquemada'', four novels by Spanish author

Benito Pérez Galdós Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish Spanish Realist literature, realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes ...

: **'' Torquemada en la hoguera'' (1889) **'' Torquemada en la Cruz'' (1893) **'' Torquemada en el purgatorio'' (1894) **'' Torquemada y San Pedro'' (1895) * ''Torquemada'' (play), an 1869 poem and an 1882 play by Victor Hugo about the life of Tomás de Torquemada *

Torquemada (comics) Tomás de Torquemada is the fictional main villain in the comic strip ''Nemesis the Warlock'', published in the British comic anthology ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 AD''. He eventually appeared in 7 episodes of spin-off adventures of his own. He is n ...

, the main villain (Tomás de Torquemada) from the comic strip ''Nemesis the Warlock'' in the British comic ''2000 AD'' * Torquemada, a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Comics universe * Torquemada, a fortress in the 2010 video game ''

Red Dead Redemption ''Red Dead Redemption'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. A spiritual successor to 2004's ''Red Dead Revolver'', it is the second game in the ''Red Dead'' series. ''Red Dead Redempt ...

'' * Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède, the Clockmaker in Ravel's opera ''

L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. '' ...

Places

Torquemada, Palencia Torquemada is a municipality in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 1098 inhabitants. It is the namesake and believed to be the birthplace of famed Grand ...

, Spain

Music

* "Torquemada 71", a song by doom metal band

Electric Wizard Electric Wizard are an English doom metal band from Dorset. The band formed in 1993 and have recorded nine studio albums, two of which have been considered genre landmarks: ''Come My Fanatics…'' (1997) and ''Dopethrone'' (2000). Electric Wiz ...

* ''Torquemada'', a vocal piece composed by

Leonardo Balada Leonardo Balada Ibáñez (born September 22, 1933) is a Catalan American classical composer, who is noted for his operas and orchestral works. Life Balada was born in Barcelona, Spain. After studying piano at the Conservatori Superior de Mús ...

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