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Santiago Manuel De Alday Y Aspée
Santiago Manuel de Alday y Aspée (1712, Concepción – 1789, Santiago) was a Chilean Roman Catholic priest. He served as Bishop of Santiago from 1755 to 1788. He is considered the most important bishops of Santiago during the eighteenth century. Moral diatribes Alday is best remembered for his frequent polemics on moral issues, and campaigned against particular aspects of women's fashion at the time –such as short skirts reaching down to the calf of the leg or very short sleeves. He also opposed the opening of the theater in Santiago; he claimed that attending comedies there was a mortal sin. He also condemned the game known as ''palín'' or ''chueca'', a form of field hockey of Mapuche origin, as well as the thick winter clothes worn by some clerics during cold weather, and the use of the sacramental bread by some people as a sealing wax on letters. Alday, in a famous pastoral letter about women's fashions, ordered in 1782 that "...all women of whatever station or cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alday
Alday is a surname. The Basque noble family Alday, whose coat of arms is shown at right, originated in Getxo. Notable people with the surname include: * Gene Alday (born 1957), American Republican politician from Mississippi * James Alday (1516–1576?), English navigator, explorer and privateer * John Alday (floruit, fl. 1570), English translator of semi-philosophical and classical works * Luis Trujillo Alday (born 1993), Mexican professional footballer * Manuel Alday Marticorena (1917–1976), Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid * Paul Alday (–1835), French violinist and composer resident in Ireland * Ricardo Alday Castillo (born 1979), Mexican civil engineer * David Alday Alvarez (born 1991), Mexican Photographer See also * Allday (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |