Pelayos (organization)

Pelayos was a Spanish paramilitary youth organization of the Carlist political party Traditionalist Communion during the Second Spanish Republic.

Pelayos
Founded1930s
IdeologyCarlism
ColoursRed and White
Mother partyTraditionalist Communion
MagazinePelayos (es)

History

Pelayos was founded by the Carlist movement of Spain during the early 1930s.[1][2][3] The group was named after Pelagius of Córdoba (known as "Pelayo" in Spanish) who was killed as a martyr in 926AD.[3] Members of Pelayos were given pre-military training and indoctrinated into the Carlist beliefs.[3] During the Spanish Civil War, the magazine Pelayos (es) was created to spread Carlist values among Spanish youths.[3]

Song of the Pelayos
Pelayos in 1936.
Somos niños los Pelayos
mas seremos sin tardar
los soldados más valientes
que a su Patria salvarán.[3]
We are children, the Pelayos
We will be without delay
The very valiant soldiers
That save their Fatherland.

References
  1. "Carlism Museum". Issuu. Government of Navarre. p. 11. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. Martin, Steven Henry (May 2014). The Commonality of Enemies: Carlism and anarchism in modern Spain, 1868–1937. Ontario, Canada: Trent University. p. 29.
  3. "Pelayos" (in Spanish). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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