Pascual de Aragón

Pascual de Aragón y Córdoba (1626 – 28 September 1677) was a Spanish nobleman and cleric. He served as Viceroy of Naples and as Archbishop of Toledo.

His Eminence Pascual de Aragón y Córdoba
Cardinal Primate of Spain Archbishop of Toledo
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Toledo
See	Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo
Installed	1 February 1666
Term ended	28 September 1677
Predecessor	Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval
Successor	Luis Manuel Fernandez Portocarrero
Personal details
Born	1626 Palau de la Riera, Mataró, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain
Died	28 September 1677 Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Kingdom of Spain
Nationality	Spanish

Biography

Born in Mataró, Province of Barcelona, as son of Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba, Aragón was ordained a priest in 1655. In 1661, aged thirty-five, he was created Cardinal-Priest of Sainte Balbine by Pope Alexander VII. However, he did not participate in the Conclaves held in his lifetime.

In 1664, King Philip IV of Spain appointed him Viceroy of Naples.[1] In 1666, he was replaced by his brother, Pedro Antonio de Aragón, as he was called back to Spain to become Archbishop of Toledo. Aragon had enjoyed the patronage of the previous Archbishop, Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval, and upon the latter's death in 1665 had been nominated to succeed him. He was installed in Toledo on 1 February 1666.

In 1665, King Philip IV had died as well, leaving the throne to his son Charles II, a weak four-year-old. Upon his appointment as Archbishop, Aragon became president of the Regency Council. When Queen Mariana of Austria promoted her confessor and former tutor, the Austrian Jesuit Juan Everardo Nithard to the position of General Inquisitor in 1666 and thus admitted him to the council, Archbishop Aragon was among those who antagonised him und in 1669 supported John of Austria's military pronunciamiento, which resulted in the Jesuit's dismissal.

The Archbishop died in 1677 and was buried in the Convent of the Purísima Concepción in Toledo.[2]

References

1. "Colección de documentos inéditos papa la historia de España : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive", Internet Archive, retrieved March 31, 2020
2. Ángel Fernández Collado: Los informes de visita ad limina de los arzobispos de Toledo, pág. 54, retrieved March 31, 2020

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20091122183702/http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/aragonpedroant.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100322223156/http://www.tercios.org/personajes/aragon_pedro.html

Government offices
Preceded by Gaspar de Bracamonte	Viceroy of Naples 1664–1666	Succeeded by Pedro Antonio de Aragón
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Diego de Arce y Reinoso	Grand Inquisitor of Spain 1665	Succeeded by Juan Everardo Nithard