Juan Carvajal (cardinal)

Cardinal

Juan Carvajal
Cardinal-Bishop
ChurchSant'Angelo in Pescheria (1446-1469)
DiocesePorto (1461-1469)
Orders
Created cardinal16 December 1446
by Pope Eugene IV
Personal details
Bornca. 1400
Truxillo (Trujillo), Spain
Died6 December 1469
Rome
BuriedSan Marcello al Corso, Rome
NationalityCastilian
Occupationdiplomat
ProfessionBishop
EducationLicenciate in Civil and Canon Law
Alma materSalamanca

Juan Carvajal (Carvagial) (c. 1400 in Trujillo, Cáceres – 6 December 1469, in Rome) was a Spanish Cardinal. Though he began his career as a lawyer and judge in the papal administration, he spent most of his active life travelling as a diplomat in Germany and eastern Europe, attempting to arrange a crusade against the Ottoman Turks. He was particularly active in Bohemia and Hungary, where he also employed his powers to fight the Hussites. He was a mainstay in trying to preserve the institution of the Papacy from the Conciliarism of the Council of Basel.


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