Historical Figures of A Limia: A Timeline

This timeline orders the historical people of A Limia who have an entry or appear on a page of the project. Some were born in the area; others are nobles, bishops or founders who acted in it. Each item points to the text with sources where it is developed; only what appears on those pages is stated here ^[1].

Antiquity (1st-5th centuries)

• Celer, «Limician» (1st century): a man who presents himself as a native of the civitas Limicorum on a gladiatorial tessera from Niebla; see The Limicians in Roman inscriptions.
• Marcus Flavius Sabinus (2nd century): duumvir of his city and provincial flamen of Hispania Citerior, known from a pedestal at Tarraco.
• Corellius Limicus (late 2nd century): dedicator of a funerary stone in Complutum; same page as Celer.
• Saint Mariña of Aguas Santas (123-138, according to tradition): the saint whom tradition has born in Xinzo.
• Hidatius (5th century): bishop of Chaves and author of the Chronicle, the main source for Hispanic history between 418 and 468.

Early Middle Ages (10th-11th centuries)

• Rodrigo Velázquez and Gonzalo Menéndez (c. 966): the counts who clashed near Mount Aguioncha, in Feás; see The battle of Aguioncha. The monk Odoino left the account in his will.
• Pedro Díaz and Nuño Vandilaz (1061): the two men who agreed to share their lives in Ordes; see Archive stories.

Middle Ages (12th-15th centuries)

• Teresa Alfónsez (†1130): Countess of Portugal and mother of Afonso Henriques, who according to the RAH spent her last years in A Limia.
• Martín de Ginzo (13th century): minstrel with eight cantigas de amigo in the songbooks.
• Airas Vasques (c. 1170-1258): bishop of Lisbon born in Xinzo.
• Inés de Castro (c. 1320-1355): posthumous queen of Portugal whom tradition links to A Limia.
• Rui Páez de Biedma (1336) and Elvira de Biedma (1406): founder of the tower and the heiress who brought it to the Zúñiga and the lordship of Monterrei; see Torre da Pena.
• Alfonso VII and Alfonso IX: kings who ceded and sold Porqueira to the bishop of Ourense (1157 and 1204); see Porqueira.

Early Modern period (16th-18th centuries)

• Alonso de Piña (1520-1523): churchman who promoted the founding of the convent of Bon Xesús de Trandeiras; the master Bartolomé de Nosendo directed the works and the Count of Monterrei, Fernando de Andrade, according to the account tried to prevent them; see Convent of Bon Xesús.
• Álvaro de Oca y Zúñiga (16th century-1638): professor, judge and interim viceroy of Navarre, born in Celme.
• Juan de Santana y Otalora and Francisco Sarmiento de Sotomayor (17th century): lineages tied to the Inquisition in Potosí and in A Limia; see The Inquisition and the House of Santana.
• Juan Álvarez Sotelo (1648-1712): Jesuit and historian from Perrelos.
• Gaspar de Villarino (16th-17th century): nobleman of Granade, with a lawsuit in Valladolid in 1620, according to the RAH ^[2].
• José Seguín (17th century-1751): Baroque sculptor of Rairiz de Veiga.
• Fray Pedro Pascual García (†1756): Mercedarian sculptor, who died in Sabucedo de Limia while making the high altarpiece.
• Miguel Alonso (1747-1797): Benedictine abbot of El Espino, born in As Maus.
• Jerónimo de San Félix (1758-1828): Trinitarian and bishop of Albarracín, born in Baltar.

Wars and the liberal State (19th century)

• Francisco Piñeiro Solveira (18th century-1828): abbot and leader of bands in the Peninsular War; see The battle of the bridge of Xinzo (1809).
• Mateo Guillade and Ramón Martelo (1837): Carlist leader and judge of Xinzo; see The Carlist wars in A Limia.
• Remigio Garrido Bouzas (1830-1907): priest and writer of Escornabois.
• Cástor Méndez Brandón (1864-1920): lawyer, baritone and poet.
• Julio Carballo Enríquez (Xinzo, 1861 – Buenos Aires, 1928): lawyer and journalist.
• Eduardo Cobián (1857-1918): minister and deputy for the Xinzo district.
• Constantino Limia Limia (1868-1961): lieutenant in the Cuban war.

20th century

• Alfredo Nan de Allariz (1875-1927), Eulogio Gallego Martínez (1880) and Ramón Villarino de Sáa (1890-1959): poet and composer, guitarist and jurist.
• Olimpia Valencia (1898-1987): first woman in Galicia to graduate in Medicine.
• The Portuguese monarchists (1911-1912), with Paiva Couceiro, and José Santiago Taboada (1884-1969).
• Carlos Casares, Antón Tovar, Dolores Villarino and the poet Pedro Xosé Vizoso (b. 1959).

People murdered, repressed or persecuted in 1936 and the post-war period will be dealt with in a section of their own, with specific rules on sources and privacy. For people of today, see Famous people and sportspeople of A Limia and Politicians and public officials of A Limia.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the oldest documented person? Celer, the «Limician» of the Niebla tessera, from the 1st century, and Marcus Flavius Sabinus, from the 2nd century ^[1].

Who was the most influential medieval figure? Airas Vasques, bishop of Lisbon, and Inés de Castro, if her Limian origin is accepted ^[1].

Links

• People of A Limia
• History of A Limia
• Famous people and sportspeople of A Limia
• Politicians and public officials of A Limia

Sources

1. Project pages linked in each entry, with their own sources; Julio Carballo Enríquez: «Julio Carballo Enríquez», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Carballo_Enr%C3%ADquez
2. Miguel-Héctor Fernández-Carrión, «Gaspar de Villarino», Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, Real Academia de la Historia. https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/49690