Catedral de Ávila

Ávila / Espanha

A Catedral del Salvador de Ávila é considerada como a primeira catedral gótica da Espanha. Tem influências francesas e certa semelhança com a Basílica de Saint-Denis, a primeira igreja gótica.Foi projetada como fortaleza e como templo, sendo sua abside um dos cubos da muralha. Está rodeada de várias casas ou palácios senhoriais, sendo os mais importantes o de los Velada, o de el Rey Niño e o de Valderrábanos, os quais tinham como destino a defesa de La Puerta de los Leales ou del Peso de la Harina.

Secundus of Abula

Ávila / Espanha

Saint Secundus or Secundius is venerated as a Christian missionary and martyr of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of Abula, which has been identified as either Abla or Ávila, and became its first bishop. The ancient town of Abula is mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geographia as located in the Iberian region of Bastetania. It is said to be one of the first cities in Hispania that was Christianized, specifically by Secundus. Ávila may have been the ancient Obila and Abula may have been the present town of Abla.Secundus is one of the group of Seven Apostolic Men , Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. Beside Secundius, this group includes Saints Hesychius, Caecilius, Torquatus, Euphrasius, Indaletius, and Ctesiphon.