Gil Álvarez de Albornoz

Gil de Albornoz (1302/1303–1367), born at Carrascosa del Campo, was a Castilian churchman and soldier. He studied law and became Archbishop of Toledo in 1338. He fought the Marinid invasion at Río Salado in 1340.

After Alfonso XI died in 1350 he left Castile and never returned; Clement VI made him a cardinal. Innocent VI named him grand penitentiary with the epithet 'Angel of Peace', a title his campaigns soon made ironic.

Sent to Italy in 1353 to restore papal authority, he led mercenary armies in two campaigns and extended the Papal States. His Constitutiones Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae regulated their administration until 1816, and he died in 1367.