Pedro Rodríguez de Quexada or Petrus Hispanus (died 20 December 1310, in

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) was an ecclesiastic from Castile.

Ecclesiastical biography

He was a

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of Burgos Cathedral and the chaplain of Cardinal Benedetto Caetani, who after his rise to the papacy as Pope Boniface VIII appointed Rodriguez Bishop of Burgos in 1300. Boniface VIII then established him as Cardinal-bishop of Sabina in the

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of 15 December 1302. At that time, Rodriguez also received the administration of . Rodriguez and Nicola Boccasini were the only ones who remained with Pope Boniface during the outrage of Anagni that

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, Guillaume de Plasian and

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executed against the pope that year. Rodriguez participated in the papal conclave of 1303 that proclaimed

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, and that of 1304-1305 which elected

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. He served as a Papal legate in England, arranging a peace between the kings

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and

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, and as governor of

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Death and burial

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Rodriguez died in the papal court at Avignon in late 1310, was transferred to Rome, and buried in the

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with Boniface VIII. However, the documentation of the Burgos Cathedral still has him listed as being buried there, in the chapel of San Pedro (now ), where one can see his

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; thus, some historians deny his cardinalship, claiming that the Cardinal and the Bishop of Burgos were two different people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro Rodriguez (cardinal) Year of birth unknown 1310 deaths Bishops of Burgos Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Apostolic nuncios to Great Britain