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San Felices (Haro)
San Felices is the Spanish name of Saint Felix of Bilibio (5th century). It may also refer to: Places *San Felices, Soria *San Felices de Buelna, Cantabria *San Felices de los Gallegos, Salamanca * * *, Huesca *, Palencia *, Burgos Churches *Hermitage of San Felices in Ábalos, La Rioja *Hermitage of San Felices in Haro, La Rioja *Hermitage of San Felices in Ortigosa de Cameros *Hermitage of San Felices in Villafranca Montes de Oca * * * Other *Marquis of San Felices de Aragón * See also *San Felice (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Of Bilibio
Felix of Bilibio, known in Spanish as San Felices de Bilibio, was a 5th-century hermit and holy man in Roman Spain. Felix is mentioned in the ''Vita Aemiliani'', a biography of Saint Aemilianus written by Braulio of Zaragoza in 635–640. He was apparently born in the first half of the 5th century and met Aemilianus late in the same century. He lived at the ''castellum'' of Bilibio in what is today La Rioja. According to Braulio, Rumor had brought emilianusword that a certain hermit named Felix, a most holy man whom he might properly offer himself as a disciple, was then living in Castle Bilibium. He hastened thither and camet oh im and readily offered himself as a servant and was instructed by him how to guid his steps unfalteringly towards the kingdom above. By this deed, I believe he showed us that no one can correctly guide his steps to the blessed life without instruction of his elders. . . Felix came to be regarded as a saint. In 1090, his relics were transferred from Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Felices, Soria
San Felices is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2022 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... ( INE), the municipality has a population of 61 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Soria {{Soria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Felices De Buelna
San Felices de Buelna is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ..., Spain. References Municipalities in Cantabria {{Cantabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Felices De Los Gallegos
San Felices de los Gallegos is a village and large municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located 102 kilometers from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 442 people, with a 2017 Wolfram Alpha estimate placing it at 427. It is situated within the Arribes del Duero Natural Park. History As a result of the Treaty of Alcañices in 1297 the village became part of the Kingdom of Portugal, with the name of ''São Felix de Galegos'', along with other Spanish towns: Hermisende (''Ermesende'' in Portuguese), Salvaterra de Miño (''Salvaterra do Minho''), Olivenza (''Olivença''; including the current municipality of Táliga). The Portuguese held San Felices de los Gallegos until 1327 and occupied it briefly c. 1370 and again c. 1476. Geography The municipality covers an area of 81 km2. It lies 667 meters above sea level and the postal code is 37270. See also List of municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ábalos, La Rioja
Ábalos () is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Spain. Located in Rioja Alta, on the left bank of the river Ebro, near Haro. It is bounded on the north by the Toloño mountains, on the south by San Asensio and Baños de Ebro, on the east by Samaniego, Spain, Samaniego and Villabuena de Álava, and to the west by San Vicente de la Sonsierra. History In the Albeldense Chronicle the famous expedition conducted by Alfonso I, king of Asturias along the banks of the Ebro River, Ebro in 740 is mentioned. At that time, Ábalos was a part, as most of the mainland, of the Muslim kingdom of Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba. This account refers to the destroyed towns: Mirandam (now Miranda de Ebro), Revendecam, Carbonariam, Abeicam (Ábalos, from where he crossed the Ebro), Brunes (could be Briones but this is uncertain), Cinissariam (now Cenicero) and Alesanco. Control of the area then returned to Muslim hands until its final conquest in the late ninth and ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haro, La Rioja
Haro () is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in Northern Spain. It hosts the annual Haro Wine Festival, as it produces red wine. Its architectural heritage includes the plateresque main entrance of the Church of Santo Tomás, the work of Felipe Vigarny, numerous palaces, and the old town, which was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1975. Haro was the first town in Spain to have electric street lighting. History There are several theories about the founding of Haro, though the most realistic theory is that of Domingo Hergueta, who argued that before the town, there was a lighthouse () near the village of Cerro de la Mota which illuminated the mouth of the Ebro river. The town was named for the lighthouse, and ''Faro'' later evolved into ''Haro''. During the Roman rule of Hispania, a fort called Castrum Bibilium was built in the cliffs of Bibilio. The first mention of Haro dates back to the year 1040, in a document of king García Sánchez III of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortigosa De Cameros
Ortigosa de Cameros is a village, one of 174 municipalities of the Provinces of Spain, province and autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Spain. Its name comes from the Latin word urtica, which in Spanish is ortiga, which is ' nettle ' in English. The title “de Cameros,” is shared with other nearby villages. It is one of the municipalities of Camero Neuvo, one of the 12 comarcas or regions of La Rioja. (The Comarcas of Spain article explains the comarcas.) The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 282 people. Its economic activity is based mainly on livestock, forestry, timber industry and rural tourism. Its patron saint is the Virgen del Carmen, whose feast is celebrated on July 16 . Politics Main sights Religious buildings * Parish church of St Martin * Saint Michael church * Saint Felix hermitage * Saint Lucy hermitage * Buen suceso parish church Civil buildings * "La Casa Grande" * The iron bridge * The concrete bridge Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
