Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros,
O.F.M. (1436 – November 8, 1517), known as
Ximenes de Cisneros in his own lifetime, and commonly referred to today as simply Cisneros, was a Spanish
cardinal, religious, and . Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power becoming a religious reformer, twice
regent of Spain, Cardinal,
Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the
Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Complutense University, today the
Complutense University of Madrid. Among his intellectual accomplishments, he is best known for funding the
Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first printed
polyglot version of the entire
Bible. He also edited and published the first printed editions of the
missal (in 1500) and the
breviary (in 1502) of the
Mozarabic Rite, and established a chapel with a college of thirteen priests to celebrate the Mozarabic
Liturgy of the Hours and
Eucharist each day in the
Toledo Cathedral.