Soon afterwards he died, and was buried in the chapel of the convent of St Thomas in Avila. However, in 1836, two years after the Inquisition was officially abolished, vengeful grave robbers broke into …

Tomás de Torquemada[a] OP (14 October 1420 – 16 September 1498), anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.

Sep 5, 2025 · Unravel the terrifying story of Tomás de Torquemada, the feared inquisitor whose relentless pursuit of heresy defined the Spanish Inquisition’s cruelty.

In his final years, Torquemada’s health and age, coupled with widespread complaints, caused Pope Alexander VI to appoint four assistant inquisitors in June 1494 to restrain him.

Hernando del Pulgar, Queen Isabella's secretary, wrote that 2,000 executions took place throughout the entirety of her reign, which extended well beyond Torquemada's death.

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In 1483 the pope appointed Torquemada, who had been an assistant inquisitor since 11 February 1482, Grand Inquisitor of Castile, and on 17 October extended his jurisdiction over Aragon.