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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros was a religious and political figure, who, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, held the positions of Cardinal, Archbishop Primate of Toledo, Third General Inquisitor of Castile and twice Regent of the kingdom of Castile.

He was born in Torrelaguna (Madrid) in 1436 and lived in Alcalá de Henares, Salamanca and Rome, where he was ordained a priest.

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He came back from Rome to Spain to become Archpriest of Uceda and subsequently became Senior Chaplain of the Cathedral of Sigüenza.

A spiritual crisis led to him joining the Franciscan order and he withdrew to a monastic life of prayer, fasting and penance.

He would go on to reform the order to strictly comply with the rule of its founder, St. Francis of Assisi.

Queen Isabella the Catholic chose Cisneros as her confessor. After the death of Cardinal Mendoza, Cisneros was ordained Archbishop Primate of Toledo and was also named Senior Chancellor of Castile by the Catholic Monarc