ALPHONSUS A SANCTA MARIA, or

ALPHONSO DE

See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

CARTAGENA (1396—1456)  , Spanish historian, was born at Carthagena, and succeeded his father, Paulus, as bishop of Burgos . In 1431 he was deputed by John II., king of Castile, to attend the council of Basel, in which he made himself conspicuous by his learning . He was the author of several works, the principal of which is entitled Rerum Hispanorum Romanorum imperatorum, summorum pontificum, nec non regum Francorum anacephaleosis . This is a history of Spain from the earliest times down to 1456, and was printed at Granada in 1545, and also in the Rerum Hispanicarum Scriptores aliquot, by R . Bel (Frankfort, 1579) . Alphonsus died on the 12th of July 1456 .