- Trezenzonio
and to whom the tradition attributes the deed of seeing and even visiting one of the islands of Paradise. His adventures were summoned in the "Trezenzonii de Solistitionis Insula Magna", a medieval manuscript written in Latin in the 12th century.
After Galicia was once again plundered by one of the multiple raids with which the Muslims devastated the region in the 8th century, Trezenzonio went to the
Tower of Hercules , inLa Coruña . There he took a look to the sea, where with the help of the first lights of the dawning he could see the Great Isle of Solstice ("Magna Insula Solistitialis"), which was consacrated to Saint Thecla ("Santa Tecla"). He decided to sail to that place and after having landed in that island he saw an immense prairie where a great basilica stood up, decorated with jewels and gems. In that island theweather was delicious and there was plenty of food. Pain, hunger, fear and misfortunes were absent. He remained there during seven years and, after this time went by, an angel appeared to him and commanded him to return to Galicia.Because he resisted the divine orders he was punished with lepra, and had to look powerless how roted the proofs of the existence of the Great Isle of Solstice that he had collected on his ship. Trezenzonio, repented of his actions, walked after his landing in Galicia to the city of Tui, where he met the local bishop, Adelfio.
Bibliography
*M.C. Díaz y Díaz, "Visiones del Más Allá en Galicia durante la Alta Edad Media", Santiago de Compostela, Artes Gráficas Galicia, 1985
*P. d'Azevedo, "Viagem á ilha de "Solistitionis" (Ms. do século XIV), Boletim da Clase de Letras." 622-629, Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa 12 (1918)External links
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