Toledo (Spain) — Toledo † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Toledo ARCHDIOCESE OF TOLEDO (TOLETANENSIS) Primatial see of Spain, whose archbishop, raised almost always to the dignity of Cardinal, occupies the first place in the ranks of the higher Spanish… … Catholic encyclopedia
Councils of Toledo — (Concilia toletana). From the 5th century to the 7th century, about thirty synods, variously counted, were held at Toledo in what would come to be part of Spain. The earliest, directed against Priscillianism, assembled in 400. The third synod of… … Wikipedia
Quiricus (Bishop of Toledo) — Quiricus ( ca. Quirze) (died January 680) was Bishop of Barcelona from 648 until 667 and Bishop of Toledo thereafter until his death. While bishop of Barcelona, Quiricus wrote a hymn in honour of Saint Eulalia. The hymn Barchinon laete Cucufate… … Wikipedia
Council of Trent — Council of Trent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… … Catholic encyclopedia
History of the Jews in Spain — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
SPAIN — (in Hebrew at first אספמיא then ספרד), country in S.W. Europe. The use of the word Spain to denote Sepharad has caused some confusion in research. Spain came into being long after the Jews had been expelled from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isidore of Seville — Infobox Saint name=Saint Isidore of Seville birth date=c. 560 death date=April 4, 636 feast day=April 4 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize=250px caption= St. Isidore , depicted by Murillo birth place=Cartagena, Spain death place=Seville … Wikipedia
St. Isidore of Seville — St. Isidore of Seville † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Isidore of Seville Born at Cartagena, Spain, about 560; died 4 April, 636. Isidore was the son of Severianus and Theodora. His elder brother Leander was his immediate… … Catholic encyclopedia
Britonia — is the historical name of a settlement in Galicia (northwestern Spain) which was settled in the late fifth and early sixth centuries by Romano Britons escaping the advancing Anglo Saxons who were conquering Britain at the time. Britonia is… … Wikipedia
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol — The Diocese of Mondoñedo Ferrol (also known as Dioecesis Mindoniensis Ferrolensis ) is one of the five districts in which the Roman Catholic church divides Galicia in North western Spain. The bishop who has two Cathedrals (i.e.: from Latin… … Wikipedia
