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San Leonardo De Alba De Tormes
San Leonardo de Alba de Tormes was a monastery near Alba de Tormes in Spain. It was suppressed in the 19th century. The date of San Leonardo's foundation is uncertain. It may be referred to in the ''fuero'' given to Alba de Tormes in 1140, although the latter only mentions a garden named San Leonardo. The monastery was founded as a mixed Praemonstratensian community of monks and nuns, most likely in 1154 by the Emperor Alfonso VII. Alfonso granted the lordship of Alba de Tormes to Sancho, the abbot of Retuerta, the father house of San Leonardo. In 1164 the nuns were removed and the foundation became male-only. In 1168 some monks from San Leonardo left to found the monastery of La Caridad in Ciudad Rodrigo. The house of San Miguel de Groz in Portugal was also a product of San Leonardo until it was absorbed back into it as a dependency in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. The convent of Santa Sofía de Toro was probably a daughter house, since its necrology lists many of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba De Tormes
Alba de Tormes is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The town is on the River Tormes upstream from the city of Salamanca. Alba gave its name to one of Spain's most important dukedoms, who had their ancestral seat in the Castillo de los Duques de Alba. St Teresa of Ávila died at a convent she founded in the town and is buried there. From the 12th to the 19th century, the monastery of San Leonardo was located outside the walls of Alba. Notable people * Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba * saint Teresa of Ávila died at Alba * saint John of the Cross * Eloíno Nácar Fúster, priest and Bible translator Pictures See also * Battle of Alba de Tormes In the Battle of Alba de Tormes on 28 November 1809, an Imperial French corps commanded by François Étienne de Kellermann attacked a Spanish army led by Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque. Finding the Spanish army in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |