Grand Inquisitor
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Grand Inquisitor was the highest-ranked official of the Inquisition. The title usually refers to the inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, in charge of appeals and cases of aristocratic importance, e
Tomás de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1483–1498)
Diego de Deza, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1498–1507)
Adrian of Utrecht, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1518–1522)
Juan Pardo de Tavera, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1539–1545)
Tomás de Torquemada
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Tomás de Torquemada, anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. In that role, he led a group of ecclesiastical prelate
Grand Inquisitor
…Inquisitor, named by the Pope but selected by the king, always from within the royal family. The most famous Inquisitor General was the Spanish Dominican Tomás de Torquemada, who spearheaded the Spanish Inquisition. D. Diogo da Silva (1536–1539), Archbishop of Braga…
Torquemada depicted oil on canvas. The Madonna and Child of the Catholic Monarchs (1491), Museo del Prado, Spain.