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Diego Ros de Medrano
Spanish Catholic Bishop and Captain General of the Kingdom of Galicia (born 1639) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diego Ros de Medrano (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid c. 1639 – Ourense, 24, March 1694)[1] was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Ourense, governor captain general of the Kingdom of Galicia, a Doctor of Theology, and a professor at the Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso.[2] He served as a bishop in the diocese of Ourense for 20.5 years.[3]
Diego Ros de Medrano | |
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Bishop of Ourense | |
![]() Portrait of The Most Excellent and Venerable Sir Don Diego Ros de Medrano, Bishop of Ourense and Governor Captain-General of the Kingdom of Galicia | |
Diocese | Diocese of Ourense |
See | Province of Ourense |
In office | 1673–1694 |
Predecessor | Baltasar de los Reyes |
Successor | Damián Francisco Cornejo |
Orders | |
Consecration | 29 May 1673 by Bishop Miguel Peréz de Cevallos and Bishop Luis de Morales (co-principle consecrator) at the Church of Alcalá de Henares, Archdiocese of Toledo |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | 1639 |
Died | 24, March 1694 Ourense |
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Bishop Diego Ros de Medrano's portrait is the work of Manuel de Lara in 1714 in Málaga. The bishop is represented in a half-length portrait, under a canopy or banner, holding a book and a governors baton. He wears a cassock and a mozzetta and is wearing a biretta. To his right, a crucifix is depicted. The portrait is surrounded by a crowded border composed of angels, who carry the attributes of Don Diego Ros de Medrano, such as the bishops mitre or the crozier. At the top, and in the center, his coat of arms.[4] Diego's coat of arms also appears in stone on the façade of the chapel he built in Ourense Cathedral, however it additionally shows a tower in the middle, eight crosses of San Andres around the border, crowned with a hat.[5]