Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Santa María de Sandoval

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'''Santa María de Sandoval''' was a [[Roman Catholic]] monastery of the [[Cistercian Order]] in Spain from the 12th century until 1835. The oldest part was built in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style, but later additions are [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]. Today its ruins lie in [[Villaverde de Sandoval]]. It has been listed as a ''[[Conjunto histórico|monumento histórico-artístico]]'' (historical artistic monument) since 3 June 1931.<ref>Cayetano Enríquez de Salamanca (1990), ''Rutas del románico en la provincia de León'', p. 76.</ref> In 2015, the Spanish government listed it as an "associated element" of the ''[[Camino de Santiago]]'', a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/3iVYf4j Retrospective Inventory – Associated Components] (2014), Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain.</ref>

In 1142, the Emperor [[Alfonso VII]] gave a piece of land to his majordomo, Count [[Ponce de Minerva]]. Known as ''Sotnoval'' or ''Saltus Novalis'', it lay near the confluence of the rivers [[Porma]] and [[Esla river|Esla]] a few miles outside the city of [[León, León|León]]. In 1167, Ponce and his wife, [[Estefanía Ramírez]], with the consent of their children, Ramiro, María and Sancha, gave the land to Abbot [[Diego Martínez de Villamayor|Diego Martínez]] of the monastery of [[Santa María de La Santa Espina]] for the construction of a new Cistercian monastery. Monastic life began at Sandoval in 1171 with twelve monks from La Santa Espina under Abbot Diego. Although Sandoval began as a daughter house of La Santa Espina, in a short time it would equal its spiritual parent in importance.

Among Sandoval's early patrons was [[Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre|Urraca]], daughter of Alfonso VII, whose anniversary mass was celebrated there on 25 June. The monastery received not only real property in donations, such as ''[[dehesa]]s'', but also [[feudal]] rights. In 1222, the monastery received land and ''dehesas'' from King [[Ferdinand III of Castile|Ferdinand III]]. It also had a small daughter house of its own at [[Valdellán]].

After 1487, Sandoval became part of the [[Congregation of Castile]], a group of reformed Spanish Cistercian houses founded by [[Martín de Vargas]].

In 1835, the monks abandoned the monastery during the first [[Ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal|confiscation of Mendizábal]]. It continued to be used as a parish church and services are still occasionally celebrated there.

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File:Villaverde de Sandoval - Monasterio de Santa Maria 20.jpg|Exterior
File:Villaverde de Sandoval - Monasterio de Santa Maria 22.jpg|Cloisters
File:Villaverde de Sandoval - Monasterio de Santa Maria 07.jpg|Portal
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==References==



[[Category:Cistercian monasteries in Spain]]
[[Category:1171 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:1835 disestablishments in Spain]]


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