Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada
Navarrese-born Castilian Roman Catholic bishop and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rodrigo Jiménez (or Ximénez) de Rada (c. 1170 – 10 June 1247)[n. 1] was a Roman Catholic bishop and historian, who held an important religious and political role in the Kingdom of Castile during the reigns of Alfonso VIII and Ferdinand III, a period in which the Castilian monarchy consolidated its political hegemony over the rest of polities in the Iberian Peninsula.[2] He was at the helm of the Archdiocese of Toledo from 1208 to 1247. He authored De rebus Hispaniae, a history of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada | |
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Archbishop of Toledo | |
Archdiocese | Toledo |
Appointed | Pope Innocent III |
In office | 1209–1247 |
Predecessor | Martín II López de Pisuerga |
Successor | Juan III Medina de Pomar |
Personal details | |
Born | ca. 1170 |
Died | 10 June 1247 close to Lyons |
Buried | Verdun Cathedral |
Alma mater | University of Bologna, University of Paris |
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