Theodemir of Iria

Theodemir or Theodomar (Galician and Spanish: Teodomiro; died 847), was a bishop of Iria, in Galicia.

Tombstone of the sepulcher of bishop Theodemar of Iria, now in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Background

At some point between year 818, when Bishop Quendulf was still alive, and 842 when king Alfonso II of Asturias died,[1] Pelagius the Hermit saw mysterious lights, like a shower of stars, on the same hill in the forest near Libredon every night. He went and reported the phenomenon to Bishop Theodemir.[2]

On July 25, 812,[3] Theodemir gathered a small entourage and went to Libredon to see the phenomenon for himself. There, in the dense vegetation, they discovered a stone sepulchre in which rested the corpses of three men, who were immediately identified as the Apostle James the Great and two of his disciples, Theodore and Athanasius. Theodemir believed that this was in line with the Breviary of the Apostles, which taught that James was buried in an ark in Marmarica (arca marmárica), but he said "arca de mármol" or an ark of marble was meant.[4]

References
  1. Fletcher, R.A. (1984). Saint James's catapult : the life and times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-822581-2.
  2. Verdú Roche, Sergio. Análisis de viabilidad para la creación de un hospital de peregrinos en el tramo asturiano del Camino de Santiago. Diss. 2019. p.9
  3. "St. James the Greater|Feast day:July 25". Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
  4. Sebio, Óscar Cardoner. "El camino de Santiago y El códice calixtino." Palabras propias.



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