Cañaveruelas

Cañaveruelas
Coat of arms of Cañaveruelas
Coat of arms
Cañaveruelas is located in Castilla-La Mancha
Cañaveruelas
Cañaveruelas
Location of Cañaveruelas
Cañaveruelas is located in Spain
Cañaveruelas
Cañaveruelas
Cañaveruelas (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°25′54.5″N 2°40′09.5″W / 40.431806°N 2.669306°W / 40.431806; -2.669306
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCastile–La Mancha
ProvinceCuenca
Government
 • MayorMaría de los Ángeles Sierra Gamboa
Area
 • Total
33.57 km2 (12.96 sq mi)
Elevation
815 m (2,674 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
138

Cañaveruelas is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 223.

Arcavica

Within the territory of the present-day municipality once stood the town of Ercavica (or Arcavica), an episcopal see whose bishop Petrus signed the acts of the Council of Toledo of 590. The last known bishop of Arcavica was Gabinius, who was of the late 7th century. His signature appears in the acts of the 16th Council of Toledo in 693. It is thought that Arcavica was destroyed in the Saracen invasion.[2]

No longer a residential bishopric, Arcavica is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[3]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ España Sagrada, tomo VII, Madrid 1750, pp. 53–79
  3. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 837
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