Diego de Covarubias y Leyva

Spanish bishop (1512-1577)
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Diego de Covarubias y Leyva
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Summary

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva was born on July 25, 1512[1], in Toledo[2]. He died on September 27, 1577[3], in Madrid[4]. He worked as a Latin Catholic priest[5], university teacher[6], economist[7], jurist[8], and Catholic bishop[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Segovia Cathedral[11]
  • Father: Alonso de Covarrubias[12]
  • Country of citizenship: Spain[13]
  • Occupation: bishop[14]
  • Position held: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santo Domingo[15], Roman Catholic Bishop of Cuenca[16], Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo[17], Roman Catholic Bishop of Segovia[18], President of the Council of Castile[19]
  • Employer: University of Salamanca[20]
  • Educated at: University of Salamanca[21]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[22]
  • Sex or gender: male[23]
  • Commons category: Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva[24]
  • Family name: Covarrubias[25]
  • Given name: Diego[26]
  • Relative: Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva[27]
  • Depicted by: Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva[28]
  • External data available at URL: https://philobiblon.upf.edu/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.dynaXML.DynaXML?source=unified/Display/3401BETA.Person.xml&style=Person.xsl%0A%0A%20%0A%20%0A%20&gobk=http%3A%2F%2Fphilobiblon.upf.edu%2Fxtf%2Fservlet%2Forg.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery%3Frmode%3Dphilobeta%26everyone%3D%26name%3Dcovarrubias%26title%3D%26daterange%3D%26assocplace%3D%26affiliation%3D%26subject%3D%26text-join%3Dand%26browseout%3Dperson%26sort%3Dauthor[29]
  • Described by source: BEIC Digital Library[30], The Catholic Encyclopedia[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish[32], Latin[33]
  • Consecrator: Fernando de Valdés y Salas[34], Martín Pérez de Ayala[35], Diego de los Cobos[36]
  • Sibling: Antonio Covarrubias y Leyva[37]
  • Has works in the collection: Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen[38]

Why It Matters

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] He is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

Where was Diego de Covarubias y Leyva born?

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva's place of birth was Toledo[2].

Where did Diego de Covarubias y Leyva die?

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva died in Madrid[4].

Who were Diego de Covarubias y Leyva's parents?

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva's father was Alonso de Covarrubias[12].

What did Diego de Covarubias y Leyva do for work?

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva worked as a Latin Catholic priest[5], university teacher[6], economist[7], jurist[8], and Catholic bishop[9].

Where did Diego de Covarubias y Leyva go to school?

Diego de Covarubias y Leyva was educated at University of Salamanca[21].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20d ago · Mdeazpeitia · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru']
    Position held → Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cuenca, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo +2
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    Occupation → Latin Catholic priest, university teacher, economist +3
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