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    University of Alcalá. It is the native city of Miguel de Cervantes. Locally, it is generally known simply as Alcalá, but de Henares (‘of the river Henares’) is...
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    Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares (Spanish: Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares) is a palace located in Alcalá de Henares, in the Community of...
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    of missionaries to the newly conquered Canary Islands. He died at Alcalá de Henares on 12 November 1463 and is now honoured by the Catholic Church as...
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    The Diocese of Alcalá de Henares (Latin: Compluten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal...
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    (1999). La Catedral-Magistral de Alcalá de Henares, Patrimonio de la Humanidad (in Spanish). Diócesis de Alcalá de Henares. ISBN 84-89285-12-8. Comunidad...
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid ("Complutense" means "from Alcalá", whose Latin name is Complutum), and the buildings in Alcalá de Henares were left vacant...
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    Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (also royal). It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten(sis)...
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    Diego Ros de Medrano (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid c. 1639 – Ourense, 24, March 1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Ourense, governor...
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    universities of Alcalá de Henares and Salamanca, and subsequently taught at Salamanca, Évora and Coimbra. In 1533 Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla was elected...
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  • and Archbishop of Santo Domingo (1621–1628). Pedro de Oviedo Falconi was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order...
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