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<p> an eminent Spanish theologian and prelate, was born at Miranda. Navarre, in 1503, of noble parents. Having studied theology at Alcala, he entered the order of [[Dominicans]] in 1520. He afterward was professor of theology at Valladolid. In 1546 [[Charles]] V sent him to the [[Council]] of Trent, where he vindicated the rights of bishops, jure divino, against the papal pretensions. [[Philip]] of [[Spain]] took him (1554) to England, where queen Mary appointed him her confessor, and charged him with the reestablishment of the [[Roman]] Church. This office he discharged "with a zeal more worthy of a Spanish inquisitor than of a minister of [[Jesus]] Christ," and was rewarded with the archbishopric of [[Toledo]] in 1558. On entering his diocese he put forth a catechism, which his enemies made a subject of attack. It was censured by the Inquisitions but sanctioned by the commission of the Council of Trent. A more heavy charge awaited him. A report was circulated that Charles V had not died in the "faith of the Church," and that this was owing to the archbishop of Toledo, who had instilled into his mind "heretical opinions." Carranza was seized by the [[Inquisition]] and imprisoned in 1559. After eight years' duress in Spain he was transferred to Rome, where Pius V kept him ten years longer immured in the castle of St. Angelo. In 1576 he was finally acquitted, but was suspended from his episcopal functions for five years, and was compelled to reside in the [[Dominican]] cloister of Della [[Minerva]] at Rome. He lived only seventeen days afterward, dying May 2, 1576. He wrote, </p> <p> (1.) Commentarios sobre el Catechismo Christiano (Antwerp, 1558, fol.) </p> <p> (2.) Summa Conciliorum (Venice, 1546, 8vo): — </p> <p> (3.) De necessaria residenti â Episc. et alior. pastorum (Venice, 1547); and several practical treatises. — Biog. Univ. 7:199; Burnet, Hist. of Engl. Reformiatio, 3:381; Bayle, Dictionary, s.v.; Echard, Script. ord. Prapdicatornm, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 8:854; Dupin, Ecclesiastes Writers, cent. 16. </p>

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