December 28, 2007: Spanish Carving

[xoxoxoBruce]

This is the dude.

Ieronimus is the Latin name of Don Jerónimo de Perigueux (1060? -1120), one of the most famous Spanish bishops of French origin and was a key figure in the Reconquest of Spain; he was also the chaplain of El Cid Campeador and bishop of Valencia; he was named bishop of Salamanca when the Diocese was restored in 1102, in the times of its Christian repopulation made by the Count Raimundo de Borgoña and doña Urraca.

Heavy, huh?

This is the cathedral he had built in 1102 AD. Well actually it was started in 1102, but it took a couple hundred years to build. That's understandable seeing all the intricate stone carving on the facade.


Hey, wait a minute. How come a church built in the 12th/13th centuries, has a carving of a NASA Astronaut?