(Torrelaguna, Madrid, España, 1436? - Roa, Burgos, España, 1517)
\"Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, O.F.M. (1436 - 8 November 1517), spelled Ximenes in his own lifetime, and commonly referred to today as simply Cisneros, was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Complutense University, today the Complutense University of Madrid. Among his intellectual accomplishments, he is best known for funding the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first printed polyglot version of the entire Bible. He also edited and published the first printed editions of the missal (in 1500) and the breviary (in 1502) of the Mozarabic Rite, and established a chapel with a college of thirteen priests to celebrate the Mozarabic Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharist each day in the Toledo Cathedral. Cardinal Cisneros' life coincided with, and greatly influenced, a dynamic period in the history of Spain during the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. During this time Spain underwent many significant changes, leading it into its prominent role in the Spanish Golden Age (1500-1700). Modern historian John Elliott said as far as any particular policies that can be attributed to Spain's rise, they were those of King Ferdinand and Cardinal Cisneros.\"
\"Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros o Giménez de Cisneros, cuyo nombre de pila era Gonzalo, más conocido como el Cardenal Cisneros (Torrelaguna, 1436-Roa, 8 de noviembre de 1517) fue cardenal, arzobispo de Toledo, primado de España y tercer inquisidor general de Castilla, perteneciente a la Orden Franciscana (O.F.M. Obs.). También gobernó la Corona de Castilla en dos ocasiones por incapacidad de la reina Juana. Entre 1506 y 1507 presidió el Consejo de Regencia que asumió el gobierno castellano tras la muerte del rey Felipe el Hermoso en espera de la llegada de Fernando el Católico. Entre 1516 y 1517 volvió a asumir el gobierno tras la muerte del rey Fernando y en espera de Carlos I.\"