Turonio (Galician ''Toronho'', Spanish ''Toroño'', Latin ''Turonium'' or ''Toronium'') was the only part of the '' Conventus Bracarensis'' which did not join

Afonso Henriques Afonso I of PortugalOr also ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonso'' ( Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', depending on the Spanish or French i ...

when he proclaimed the independence of

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in 1139. At the time it was a fief held by Gómez Núñez, who supported a Portuguese invasion of

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, but was defeated and exiled by Alfonso VII of León. Turonio lies south of the

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and the river Verdugo and north and west of the river Minho. As a placename it is rarely used today, but is in the process of recovery. Today most of the territory is a part of the city of

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References

*{{cite book , first=Manuel , last=Fernández Rodríguez , title=Toronium: aproximación a la historia de una tierra medieval , location=Santiago de Compostela , year=2004 , series=Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, Anexo 31 Medieval Galicia (Spain)