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Monastery of San Pelayo

Spain

Monastery of San Pelayo

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A monastery first dedicated to John the Baptist by Alfonso II the Chaste, then renamed for the boy martyr Pelagius of Córdoba when his relics reached Oviedo in 994. Pelagius refused to give up his faith and was martyred in 925.

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