Iglesia de San Lesmes Abad is a Roman Catholic church in

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

, Spain.

It is located in the Plaza de San Juan, in front of the Public Library, adjacent to the

Camino de Santiago The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint ...

. Built in the

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style in the 14th century, it contains the remains of

Adelelmus of Burgos Adelelmus (died c. 1100), also known as Aleaunie and Lesmes, was a French-born Benedictine monk venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Life Born in Loudun, Poitou, Adelelmus joined the military at a young age. During a pilgrimage to ...

, the patron of the city. The church underwent restoration in 2012–13.

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Roman Catholic churches in Burgos Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century Gothic architecture in Burgos {{Spain-church-stub