XERXES I

(c. 519-465 B.C.), king of (485); led the great expedition Persia Greece, which was withstood at against Thermopyle by the immortal 300. The Persian fleet was destroyed at Salamis, retired after destroying Athens; and he murdered by Art a ban us, he was succ. by his son, X. Il. CISCO, Jimenes (1436-1517), Span. (Castilian) ecclesiastic and statesman, chaplain to Cardinal Mendoza, 1480; became Francis can monk, 1483; famous for austerities; confe or to Queen Isabella, 1492; provincial of Francis can order, 1494; reformed monastic system; abp. of Toledo, 1495; regent, 1506; cardinal, 1507; subsequently inquisitor gen.; led expedition to N. Africa, captured Oran, 1509; regent of Castile, 1516; dismi ed by Charles V., 1517.