Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui

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Who is Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui?

Alfonso Clemente de Arostegui y Cañavate was a Spanish bishop, writer, lawyer and diplomat.

He studied at the University of Salamanca and at the University of Alcalá de Henares. He worked for the Departments of Instituta and Decrees at the University Complutense; in Zaragoza's mayor's office; in Roman Rota; as an interim minister plenipotentiary of Spain in Rome; as an ambassador in Rome; at the Council of Castile; in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando; as a royal commissioner of the Holy Crusade; in the Council of State; and as a member of the House of Castile.

He bequeathed all his books to the College of Seminario de San Julián in Cuenca, also leaving two trusts to support librarians and their corresponding libraries, and two student scholarships.

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on July 23, 2013

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