The Church of San Julián de Moraime is a church in the Moraime area of Muxia, a town in Galicia,

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. It was a

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, established in the 12th century originally. The monastery near Muxia was named "Mosteiro de Moraime" to honor the saint, San Xiao de Moraime, and was established in the early 12th century. Not long after, in 1105, it was attacked and destroyed by

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pirates, and later by

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. Alfonso Raimúndez (King Afonso V of Galicia and the future King

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and eventually of Castile, and emperor of

), had lived in the area when he was younger and was educated by Pedro Froilaz de Traba.''Studies in Medieval Spanish Frontier History, Study II: Fernando I and the Origins of the Leonese-Castilian Alliance With Cluny Alfonso'', Charles Julian Bishko, Cuadernos de Historia de España 47 (1968), 31-135 and 48 (1969), 30-116
/ref> Although he was only 14 at the time, Alfonso restored the monastery with a donation in 1119.

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