Martín de Zalba

Martín de Zalba (c. 1337 – 27 October 1403) was a Navarrese cleric and statesman who served as the chancellor of the kingdom from 1376 until 1396 and as the bishop of Pamplona from 1377 until his death.

[2][4] During the episcopate of Jean de Saie [fr] (r. 1363–1375), he served as the vicar general of the diocese of Dax, which covered the Navarrese territory of Ultrapuertos.

In 1375, he was placed in charge of the parish of San Martín de Unx with the rank of deacon while residing at the Avignonese curia.

According to Martín de Alpartil [es], the dissident cardinals gathered at Anagni intending to freely confirm the election of Urban VI.

According to Cardinal Bertrand Lagier, Martín denounced Urban to his face and the pope tried to have him killed at Subiaco, but only succeeded in wounding and robbing him.

[8] He attended the assembly of Medina de Campo in 1380–1381 and served Charles II on diplomatic missions to King John I of Castile and Count Gaston III of Foix.

From 1387 to 1393, he resided in Pamplona, where he held a diocesan synod, set up a court of Inquisition and defended his diocese's rights in Montearagón [disambiguation needed] and Guipúzcoa.

[2] On 23 July 1390,[5] Clement VII rewarded Martín's successful diplomacy by naming him cardinal priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina.

[5][11] Howard Kaminsky notes that while Martín's "independence may have been reinforced by the fact that most of his benefices ... lay in Navarre, it was actually a personal trait," plainly in view in his interactions with Urban VI in 1378.