Church of San Lucas, Toledo
The Church of San Lucas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Lucas) is located in front of the Bu hill at southeast of the city of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Behind a high wall, attached to the church, was located the old parish cemetery, where it is told that the last Mozarabs of the city were buried.[1]
Most probably it was built in Mozarab style in the 12th-century,[2] in the 17th century a Baroque chapel was added to it housing the Virgen de Esperanza.
The church is cited in a poem attributed to St. Ildefonsus, according to which it was erected in 641 by Evancio, a son of Nicholas, who married Blesila and who were the grandfathers of St. Ildefonsus.[1] This documentary evidence cannot be confirmed and the building could even be a mosque adapted as a Christian church, due to the irregular arrangement of the south wall and the asymmetry of the immediate nave of the epistle.[1]
The church served one of the parishes of Toledo that had the privilege to maintain the Mozarabic Rite after the Reconquista.
References
- ^ a b c santasjustayrufina.org. "Parroquia de San Lucas".
- ^ architoledo.org. "La parroquia de San Lucas". Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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