Society of the Exterminating Angel
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The Society of the Exterminating Angel was a Catholic group in Spain that was created to kill Spanish liberals, founded in 1821. It was revived in 1834 under the presidency of the Bishop of Osma.[1] The film The Exterminating Angel, by Luis Buñuel, was named after this society.
References
- ^ Gerald Brenan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War (Canto Classics, 2nd edition, 2014), pg 69