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Novés
Novés is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1911 inhabitants. In his autobiographical trilogy The Forging of a Rebel, the Spanish writer Arturo Barea sets one chapter "The Lost Village" in Novés, using it as a microcosm of the social and political tensions building up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin .... Notable people * Francisca de los Apóstoles (born between 1539 and 1541) References Municipalities in the Province of Toledo {{CastileLaMancha-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca De Los Apóstoles
Francisca de los Apóstoles or Francisca de Avila was a devout beata Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning "blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retriev ..., a woman who sought to lead a life defined by pious devotion to God, a Catholic visionary and religious reformer who lived in Toledo, Spain, amid the Spanish Inquisition. During her life Francisca experienced a series of intense spiritual visions that inspired her to work against poverty and combat inequity. She specifically targeted the hypocrisy and corruption of the Toledan church leadership through her reform efforts to establish a monastery and convent. These efforts ultimately prompted formal denunciations of mysticism (specifically the practices of the ''alumbrados)'' and diabolical possession (wiktionary:endemoniado#Spanish, ''endemoniado''). She underwent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |