Cresconius (bishop of Iria)
Cresconius (Spanish: Cresconio) (c. 1036 – 1066) was an 11th-century bishop of Iria Flavia and Santiago de Compostela in Spain who succeeded Vistruarius.[1]
Cresconius was a supporter of
García II of Galicia and Portugal, who would later be crowned by Cresconius himself as king of the newly reestablished Kingdom of Galicia
.
Like his contemporary
Torres do Oeste which once stood in Catoira, Spain ‒ with the goal of blocking future invasions via the estuary, Ría de Arousa
, and also built the city walls of Santiago de Compostela.
Cresconius and the Primacy of Santiago
Cresconius believed that because Santiago was the burial place of
Oporto
acknowledged his authority and primacy.
In 1056, he presided over the Council of Compostela where he prohibited the use of weapons by clerics, and also forbade that clerics be married. He opened
superstitions in existence even before the Roman
conquest of Galicia.
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