The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . n, HolyThursday, Good Friday, Ascension, Corpus Christi,All Saints, and Immaculate Conception. on the Henares, 21 miles from Madrid, ata height of 2000 feet above sea level is a town ofhistoric importance and one of the first bishopricsfounded in Spain. Cervantes was bom there, andbaptized in the Church of Santa Maria in 1547, andthe unhappy Catherine of Aragon, wife of Henry VIIIof England, was a native of the place. The name bywhich i
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . n, HolyThursday, Good Friday, Ascension, Corpus Christi,All Saints, and Immaculate Conception. on the Henares, 21 miles from Madrid, ata height of 2000 feet above sea level is a town ofhistoric importance and one of the first bishopricsfounded in Spain. Cervantes was bom there, andbaptized in the Church of Santa Maria in 1547, andthe unhappy Catherine of Aragon, wife of Henry VIIIof England, was a native of the place. The name bywhich it was known to the Romans was Complutum,but under the Moors it became a fortified town andwas known as Alcald, the stronghold or castle. In theMiddle Ages it was famous for its universitjr foundedliy Cardinal Ximenez, which stood on the site of themodern Colegio de San Ildefonso. The bishopsresidence is now used for preserving historical was designed by Berruguete, and has i famousstaircase. The university chapel dedicated to SaintsJust and Pastor has a monument to Cardinal Ximenezby Fancelli, an Italian sculptor. The surroundings of. ,;j:+, *iifa-oj*^ ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC ERECTED BY MADRID MUNICIPALITY (1885) MADRUZZI 519 MADURA the town are austere and bleak, but it is protected by-hills on the north side. The University buildings arein ruins, and the town which at one time had a popula-tion of 60,000, numbered in 1900 about 10,000 in-habitants. At Aleald was printed under CardinalXimenez care the polyglot Bible known as the Com-plutensian Bible, the first of the many similar Biblesproduced during the revival of Biblical studies thattook place in the sixteenth century. University op Madrid.—A school was founded inMadrid in 1590, known as the College of Dona Maria ofAragon, which may in a sense be considered as thefoundation of the modern University of Madrid,but Madrid had no university previous to 1836. Auniversity had been established at Alcald in byCar
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