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October 27th, 2019
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The gorgeous Basilica de San Vicente* in Avila, Spain is dedicated to a trio of Christian martyrs whose feast day today is.
The Romanesque masterpiece was begun about 1175, when the relics of three Diocletian martyrs — Saint Vicente and his sisters Sabina and Cristeta — were translated from the Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza. (In the present day, the relics reside in the church’s high altar.)
Panels in the basilica relay for the illiterate medieval audience their stock martyrdom tale of these faithful siblings: tortured on wooden crosses before having their heads graphically smashed under wooden beams.
Vicente, Sabina, and Cristeta, the martyrs of Talavera, along with St. Anthony (16th century painting).* The church’s full official name is Basilica de los Santos Hermanos Mártires, Vicente, Sabina y Cristet.
On this day..
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