Juan de Cervantes

Cervantes studied at the University of Salamanca and obtained a doctorate in civil and canon law and a magister in theology.

[1][2] He was made Archdeacon of Calatrava by Antipope Benedict XIII on 29 January 1415, Archdeacon of Sevilla in 1419, Papal referandary, Canon of Burgos and Abbot of Salas in Burgos in 1420.

[5] During the reign of Pope Eugene IV, Cervantes was active at the Council of Basel,[5] eventually backing the Pope against the majority of the council's fathers.

He is buried in the Sepulcher of Cardinal Juan de Cervantes in the Seville Cathedral.

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Juan de Cervantes, portrait from his tomb in the Cathedral of Sevilla