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Pedro Berruguete: St. Dominic Presiding at an Auto-da-Fé
Gregory IX, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy.
Gilt and polychrome relief by Alonso de Mena showing Ferdinand II on the left and Isabella on the right, both with hands raised in prayer, framed by ornate gold trim.
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Pius V
St. Pius V
pope
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
pope
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Paul IV
Paul IV
pope
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Tomás de Torquemada
Spanish inquisitor
Giovanni di Balduccio: Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors
St. Peter Martyr
Italian preacher
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John III
king of Portugal
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Francisco Pacheco
Spanish painter
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Konrad von Marburg
German inquisitor
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Peter Of Castelnau
French martyr
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Nicholas Eymeric
Spanish theologian

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