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Pedro Gudestéiz
Pedro Gudestéiz was the bishop of Mondoñedo from 1155 until 1168 and then archbishop of Santiago de Compostela until 1173. As early as 1128, Pedro Gudestéiz was the cardinal of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Enrique Cal Pardo, ''Episcopologio Mindoniense'' (Editorial CSIC, 2003), pp. 103–106. He served as a tutor to the future king Ferdinand II. Richard A. Fletcher, ''The Episcopate in the Kingdom of León in the Twelfth Century'' (Oxford University Press, 1978), pp. 58–59, 63–64. By 1152, he was the prior of the monastery of Sar, when he received on behalf of the monastery certain churches from King Alfonso VII. He was elected bishop of Mondoñedo in 1155 in what was probably more like a royal appointment. On 18 August 1156, Pope Adrian IV issued a bull placing the diocese of Mondoñedo and the churches it owned outside of its boundaries under papal protection and confirming Pedro's decision to install canons regular in the basilica of San Martiño. In 1159†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Mondoñedo
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Of San Martiño
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name to the ''basilica'' architectural form. Originally, a basilica was an ancient Roman architecture, ancient Roman public building, where courts were held, as well as serving other official and public functions. Basilicas are typically rectangular buildings with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles, with the roof at two levels, being higher in the centre over the nave to admit a clerestory and lower over the side-aisles. An apse at one end, or less frequently at both ends or on the side, usually contained the raised Tribune (architecture), tribunal occupied by the Roman magistrates. The basilica was centrally located in every Roman town, usually adjacent to the forum and often opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
