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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gonzalo García
Gudiel (1238/9-1299) was a Castilian prelate and statesman in the
service of kings Alfonso X and Sancho IV and Pope Boniface VIII. He was
Bishop of Cuenca (1272) and Burgos (1275) and Archbishop of Toledo
(1280), the first official Primate of Spain (1285) and finally
Cardinal-bishop of Albano (1298) at the curia Romana. His early career
was that of an international scholar, before he settled into royal
service. Born at Toledo in 1238 or 1239 to the mayor, Pedro Juanes, and
his wife, Teresa Juanes Ponce, Gonzalo went to study at the University
of Paris. In 1260 he became the rector of the University of Padua. After
a sojourn in Rome, he returned to Castile to become a first a canon of
the Cathedral of Burgos and then the dean of the chapter at the
Cathedral of Toledo.
