Joan d'Aragó

Roman Catholic archbishop
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRoman Catholic archbishop
PlacesSpain
wasPolitician Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary Politics
Gender
Male
Religion:Catholic church
Birth1440
Death19 November 1475Albalate de Cinca, Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain (aged 35 years)
Family
Father:John II of Aragon and Navarre
Siblings:Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar Ferdinand II of Aragon
The details

Biography

Juan de Aragón was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zaragoza (1458–1475).

Biography

Juan de Aragón was born in Spain in 1439, the illegitimate son of John II of Aragon. On 30 June 1458, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Callixtus III as Archbishop of Zaragoza. He served as Archbishop of Zaragoza until his death on 19 November 1475.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Pedro Baldó, Bishop of Segorbe-Albarracin (1461); and Jaime Perez de Valencia, Titular Bishop of Christopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1469).

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