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Ordonho Alvares

Ordonho Alvares (died 1285) was a Portuguese Cardinal of the Papal Curia.

He was bishop of Salamanca in 1272, and archbishop of Braga 1275-1278. He acquired also the abbacy of Husillos. As Cardinal he was bishop of Frascati and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

References

  • Margarita Torres Sevilla and Peter A. Linehan, A misattributed tomb and its implications: cardinal Ordoño Álvarez and his friends and relations, Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia, Anno LVII nº-1 (2003), pp. 53-63.

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