Battle of Clavijo (844). According to tradition, the king of Asturias Ramiro I, helping by the Apostle Saint James mounted on a white horse, defeated a Muslim army commanded by the Emir of Cordoba Abd-al-Rahman in Clavijo. Saint James in the Battle of Clavijo. Painting by Pedro Ruiz Cenzano (), late 16th century. Detail. Oil on copper. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

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