Monastery of Santa María de Mezonzo

Monastery of Santa María de Mezonzo
Apses of the monastery.
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMonastery
Location
LocationVilasantar, Galicia, Spain
Direction of façadeWest

The Monastery of Santa María de Mezonzo is a Spanish religious building in Romanesque style in the parish of Santa María de Mezonzo, in the municipality of Vilasantar. Although it probably dates back to the time of the Kingdom of the Suebi, the current monastery was founded as a double convent by Abbot Reterico. According to Antonio López Ferreiro, the monastery was donated to the Asturian-Galician king Alfonso III el Magno in 870.[1] Justo Pérez de Urbel, after comparing the names of the confirmatory of several documents related to the monastery, thinks that the correct date is the one given by Hinojosa, that is, the year 930.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ López Ferreiro, Antonio (1899). Historia de la Santa A.M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela. Vol.II. Santiago de Compostela: Imp. y Enc. del Seminario Conciliar Central. OCLC 2314758. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Pérez de Urbel, Justo (1998).«San Rosendo y Celanova en el Cartulario de Sobrado» Archived 2016-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Presentado en 1070 en el Congreso sobre San Rosendo e o seu Século, Santo Tirso, Portugal. SIGNO. Revista de Historia de la Cultura Escrita (Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Historia y Filosofía) (5): 99-108. ISSN 1134-1165. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Hinojosa, Eduardo de (1919). Documentos para la historia de las instituciones de León y de Castilla (Siglos X-XIII) . Madrid: Junta para la Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones Científicas. Centro de Estudios Históricos. OCLC 13154562. (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Santoro 2011, p. 340.

Bibliography

  • Santoro, Nicholas J. (12 August 2011). Mary In Our Life: Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, The Mother of Jesus, and Their Place in Marian Devotion. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-4022-3.

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