Theologian, archbishop, patron of Christopher Columbus, b. at Toro, 1444; d. 1523. Entering the Order of St. Dominic in his youth, he became successively: professor of theology at St. Stephen’s, Salamanca; tutor to Prince John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella; Bishop of Zamora, of Salamanca, of Jaen, of Palencia; Archbishop of Seville (1505). In 1523 he was appointed Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, but died before he had taken possession of that see. He left several theological works, the principal one being a “Defensorium Doctoris Angelici, S. Th. Aquinatis” (Seville, 1491). Historians generally have not emphasized the importance of Deza’s friendship for Columbus and the bearing of this friendship and patronage on the discovery of America. In a letter dated 21 Dec., 1504, Columbus wrote to his son Diego: “The Lord Bishop of Palencia (Diego Deza) has always favoured me and has desired my glory ever since I came into Castile.” Then he added this most significant declaration: “He is the cause of their Highnesses’ possessing the Indies, and of my remaining in Castile, when I was already on the road with the intention of leaving it.”<\/p>\n
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MANDONNET, Les Dominicains et la decouverte de l’Amerique (Paris, 1893); O’NEIL, The Columbian Celebration (Louisville, 1892); IRVING, Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (New York, 1868); TARDUCCI, The Life of Christopher Columbus, tr. BROWNSON (Detroit, 1890); THATCHER, Christopher Columbus (New York, 1903); TOURON, Hist. des hommes illust. de l’ordre de S. Dom., III (Paris, 1746), 722; QUETIF AND ECHARD, Scriptores Ord. Praed., I (Paris, 1721), 51. <\/p>\n
D.J. KENNEDY Transcribed by Herman F. Holbrook O Root of Jesse: come and deliver us, and tarry not. <\/p>\n
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XVI (Index Volume)Copyright © 1914 by The Encyclopedia Press, Inc.Online Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1914. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York<\/p>\n
a Dominican and second grand inquisitor of Spain, was born in 1444 at Toro, in Leon. In 1479 he succeeded Peter of Osma as professor of theology in the University of Salamanca; in 1494 was made bishop of Zamora; in 1496 bishop of Salamanca; in 1497 was elevated to the episcopal see of Jaen, which he occupied till 1500, when he was appointed bishop of Palencia. In 1505 he became archbishop of Seville, after having been previously appointed successor of Torquemada; and in 1523 was made archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain. While on his way to Toledo he died, June 9, 1523, leaving Defensorium Thomae Aquinatis (Seville, 1491; Paris, 1514). A complete edition of his works was published at Madrid in 1576. See Llorente, Histoire de l’Inquisition d’Espagne (Paris, 1818), 1:289 sq., 330 sq.; 4:253 sq.; Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella (Lond. 1862), 1:359; 2:291, 319; Hefele, Cardinal Ximenes (2d ed. Tubingen, 1851), 276 sq., 351 sq., 359; Rodrigo, Hist. Verdadera de la Inquisicion (Madrid, 1877); 2:116 sq., 205 sq., 235 sq., 245 sq.; Gams, Zur Geschichte der spanischen Staatsinquisition (Regensburg, 1878), page 56 sq.; Hundhausen, in Wetzer u. Welte’s Kirchen-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)<\/p>\n
Deza, Diego Theologian, archbishop, patron of Christopher Columbus, b. at Toro, 1444; d. 1523. Entering the Order of St. Dominic in his youth, he became successively: professor of theology at St. Stephen’s, Salamanca; tutor to Prince John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella; Bishop of Zamora, of Salamanca, of Jaen, of Palencia; Archbishop of Seville (1505). … Continue reading “Deza, Diego”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}