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2 unusual facts about Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo


Bartolomé Román

A year later Román worked for the Archdiocese of Toledo, in 1634 intervened with other painters in the complex litigation that painters from Madrid faced questions regarding the dignity of the office, and in 1639 was reviewed by the Cortes Generales.

Francisco Vidal y Barraquer

Vidal was one of the cardinal electors in the 1922 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XI, and later rejected Pope Pius's offer of the primatial see of Toledo.


Battle of Río Salado

Abu Hasan ordered a general attack and the Castilian King himself was about to engage in hand-to-hand combat when the Archbishop of Toledo, Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, grabbed his reins and prevented it.

Francisco Pareja

Pareja was probably born at Auñón in the Diocese of Toledo, Spain; the date of his birth is unknown.


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