Monastery of Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos
cultural property in Villanueva de Oscos, Spain
Monasterio de Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos is a monastery in Asturias, Spain. It was founded in the 12th century as a Benedictine house.
The monastic community was closed by the ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal.
The church has remained in use as a parish church.
The cartulary preserves 616 parchments about the Middle Ages: 32 from the 12th century, 261 from the 13th century, 224 from the 14th century and 99 from the 15th century.
“Monastery of Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos” enters the record as cultural property in Villanueva de Oscos, Spain. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Monastery, Santa and María can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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