Bartolomé Carranza


Bartolomé Carranza
Archbishop of Toledo
Primate of Spain
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseToledo
Appointed16 December 1557
Term ended2 May 1576
PredecessorJuan Martínez Silíceo
SuccessorGaspar de Quiroga y Vela
Orders
Consecration27 February 1558
by Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Personal details
Born1503
Died2 May 1576(1576-05-02) (aged 72–73)
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
BuriedSanta Maria sopra Minerva
Coat of arms

Bartolomé Carranza (1503  2 May 1576, sometimes called de Miranda or de Carranza y Miranda) was a Navarrese priest of the Dominican Order, theologian and Archbishop of Toledo. He is notable for having been persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition. He spent much of his later life imprisoned on charges of heresy. He was first denounced in 1530, and imprisoned during 1558–1576. The final judgement found no proof of heresy but secluded him to the Dominican cloister of Santa Maria sopra Minerva where he died seven days later.