Inquisitor 213512 219934029 2008-06-17T14:55:11Z 128.205.82.30 :''This article is about the religious office in historic Christianity. For other uses, see [[Inquisitor (disambiguation)]].'' An '''inquisitor''' was an official in an [[Inquisition]], an organisation or program intended to eliminate [[heresy]] and other things frowned on by the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Literally, an inquisitor is one who "searches out" or "inquires" ([[Latin]] ''inquirere'' < ''quaerere'', "to seek"). The chief inquisitor of an Inquisition was often called the [[Grand Inquisitor]]. ==Prominent inquisitors== Some of the more well-known inquisitors throughout history include: *[[Arnaut Catalan]] *[[Bernard Gui]] *[[Diego Deza]] *[[Fabio Chigi]] (later [[Pope Alexander VII]]) *[[Heinrich Institoris]], author of ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' *[[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros]] *[[Francisco Peña]] *[[James Sprenger]], possible co-author of ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' *[[Konrad von Marburg]] *[[Pedro de Arbués]] *[[Tomás de Torquemada]] *[[Nicolau Aymerich]] author of ''[[Directorium Inquisitorum]]'' *[[Sebastien Michaelis]] [[Category:Inquisition]] [[ca:Inquisidor]] [[da:Inkvisitor]] [[es:Inquisidor]]