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Pelayo Menéndez
Pelayo Menéndez (died 1155/56) was the bishop of Tui (Túy) from 1131 until his death. He was the fourth bishop after the restoration of the diocese (1070), which had fallen into abeyance in the tenth century as a result of Viking and Caliphate of Córdoba, Moorish raids. Pelayo was a Kingdom of Galicia, Galician nobleman of middling rank, a great-nephew of Count Pedro Fróilaz de Traba. He introduced the Augustinian rule to the cathedral of Tui in 1138 and was a patron of monasteries. He had a hand in the founding of the monastery of San Martín de Loureza before 1139, when he granted the church and some tithes to Abbot Pedro Initiense. He may also have helped start the monastery at nearby Oia, Spain, Oia, but the large number of forged documents make disentangling this monastery's early history difficult. In 1148 he donated his part of the church at Franza to the monastery of Xuvia, partially as payment for some livestock. With the help of his brother Suero, he tried to restore t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Tui
The Diocese of Tui-Vigo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela."Diocese of Tui-Vigo" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 Its is , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |