Juan Carvajal

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Juan Carvajal (born 1399 in Trujillo, died December 6, 1469 in Rome) is a Castilian bishop and cardinal. <> He came from Extremadura in the kingdom of Castile. He studied civil and canon law at the University of Salamanca, earning the titles of a bachelor (1430) and a bachelor (1436). From 1433 he was dean of the cathedral chapel of Asten, and on 2 May 1436 he was elected abbot of the collegiate church in Husillos. In addition, he received a number of minor prebendations in the kingdom of Castile.

In 1438 he became an auditor of the Apostolic Palace in Rome and joined the service of Pope Eugene IV, who often used it as his legate. He served as nuncio to this pope in Florence (1438), Venice (1439) and Siena (1440) and as governor of Rome (1440). In the years 1440-42 and 1444-46 he was a lieutenant in Germany, where he acted against the schism of the Basle Council. On October 11, 1443, he was elected bishop of Coria in Extremadura, but he did not embrace the diocese. On August 10, 1446, he was transferred to the bishopric of Plasencia, which he held until his death. On December 20, 1445, he became the general auditor of the Apostolic Camera. December 16, 1446 Pope Eugene IV appointed Carvajal the cardinal deacon S. Angelo in Pescheria. He participated in the conclave of 1447. From March 1447 to April 1449 he was a papal legate in Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary. During his stay in Vienna in 1448 he signed on behalf of Pope Nicholas V. Viennese concordat with German king Fryderyk III. In 1452 he accompanied Frederick III during his trip to Rome for the imperial crown, and a year later he was the legate of Nicholas V in the duchy of Milan. He participated in the conclave of 1455. The new Pope Kalikst III sent him again as a legate to Austria and Hungary. He played a significant role in defending Belgrade during the siege of Ottoman Turks in 1456.

In September 1461 Juan Carvajal returned to Rome. Pope Pius II, elected in 1458 as a reward for his service in Hungary, appointed him Cardinal Bishop of Porto e S. Rufin (26 October 1461). In 1463 he again became a Hungarian legate, where he mediated between King Maciej Korwin and the Austrian Habsburgs, leading them to sign the Treaty of Wiener-Neustadt (24 July 1463). He was a follower of the Crusade plans of Pius II, interrupted by the death of this pope in August 1464. He participated in the conclave of 1464. Pope Paul II appointed Carvajal a member of the Crusade Committee (November 1464) and the Commission for Inquiry into the Heresy of the Czech King George of Podiebrad August 1465). In 1466-67 he was a papal legate in Venice. October 30, 1467 Paul II appointed him administrator of the Diocese of Zamora, but resigned in the following year. In the Roman Curia he was known as a Hungarian friend and promoter of the interests of the Hungarian kingdom.

January 11, 1469 Carvajal was elected camerider of the Holy College of Cardinals for a one-year term. During the course of his life, on December 6, 1469, the 70-year-old Cardinal died. Bibliography

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