The name given by the Arabs to the portion of Spain subject to their dominion.
Native of Burgos in Spain, came to America in 1524 as a soldier, but joined the Dominican order in 1529.
A Bull issued 23 May, 1724, by Innocent XIII, for the revival of ecclesiastical discipline in Spain.
Writer of ascetical treatises, born at Seville in Spain, 1533, died in that place, 15 May, 1605.
Orientalist, exegete, and editor of the "Antwerp Polyglot", born at Frejenal de la Sierra in Estremadura, Spain, 1527; died at Seville, 1598.
Bishop of La Paz, appointed 22 October, 1901; b. at Bemedo, diocese of Vittoria, Spain, 5 December, 1845.
Historian of canon law and Archbishop of Tarragona in Spain, born at Saragossa 26 February, 1517, of a distinguished family; died at Tarragona, 31 May, 1586.
A form of dramatic literature which is peculiar to Spain, though in some respects similar in character to the old Morality plays of England.
Since the tenth century an episcopal see of Spain, to which in the eleventh century the ancient Sees of Oca and Valpuesta were transferred.
…group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation.…
Philosopher and publicist, b. at Vich, Spain, 28 August, 1810; d. there, 9 July, 1848.
Bishop of Panama, b. at Berlanga in Spain, date uncertain; d. there 8 August, 1551.
Born at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain; dates of birth and death uncertain.
Born near Valencia in Spain, 31 December, 1378; died at Rome, 6 August, 1458.
… Ireland, perhaps in Brittany, and sporadically in Northern Spain, and in the monasteries which resulted from the Irish missions of St. Columbanus in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, at a time when rites other than the then existing rite of Rome were …
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