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Gonzalo Fernández De Heredia
Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia y de Bardají ( – 21 November 1511) was an Aragonese monk, bishop, politician and diplomat. He was bishop-elect of Segorbe-Albarracín, then Bishop of Barcelona (1478–1490) and Archbishop of Tarragona (1490–1511). He also served as President of the Government of Catalonia (1504–1506). Gonzalo was born in Mora de Rubielos around 1450, the son of Juan Fernández de Heredia and Juana Bardají de Pinós. He studied canon law at the University of Pisa in 1473–1474. He worked as a scribe in Florence in 1475–1476 and 1478 and possibly earlier. There are about 23 books signed by a 'Gundisalvus Hispanus' who is believed to be Gonzalo. These included copies made for Lorenzo de' Medici and Matthias Corvinus. Gonzalo was appointed Bishop of Barcelona on 8 June 1479. He was later in Rome as Ferdinand II of Aragon's ambassador to the Holy See, during which time Pope Innocent VIII made him Archbishop of Tarragona on 13 June 1490. On the election of Pope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierpont Morgan MS M
Pierpont may refer to: Surname * Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814–1899), Governor of Virginia * Harry Pierpont (1902–1934), Prohibition-era gangster * James Pierpont (minister) (1659–1714), founder of Yale University * James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893), musician and soldier * James Pierpont (mathematician) (1866–1938), American mathematician * John Pierpont (1785–1866), American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant, and minister * Lena Pierpont (1883–1958), Prohibition-era figure * Pierpont (Australian Financial Review) (born 1937), alter-ego of Trevor Sykes, financial journalist Middle name * John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), American financier and banker * John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867–1943), American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist * Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), American astronomer, and physicist, inventor Places in the United States * Pierpont, South Dakota * Pierpont, Ohio * Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio * Pierpont, Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |