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Corpus Christi: festivals and celebrations in Toledo, Spain
Corpus Christi is Toledo’s most important festival and one of its oldest. Although its exact date of origin is unknown, it is recorded as having been celebrated in the 15th century. This solemn religious procession is celebrated on the day of the Corpus Christi and presided by the Archbishop of To...
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The festivity of Corpus Christi, promoted by Sister Juliana de Mont-Cornillón and instituted by Pope Urban IV in 1264, forms part of a time-honoured tradition in Toledo. Over the past eight centuries it has come to be considered as the most important and socially represented festival in the c...
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Corpus Christi, Toledo, Spain : Reviews of Corpus Christi - Yahoo! Travel
This is the biggest festival in Toledo, celebrated 60 days after Easter Sunday. A procession starts at the cathedral and travels through the main streets of the city...
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Spain - Corpus Christi In Toledo
IN the thirteenth century the doctrine of transubstantiation assumed especial importance. Miracle plays and cathedral glass told thrilling stories of attacks made by Jews on the sacred Wafer, which bled under their poniards or sprang from their caldrons and ovens in complete figure of the Christ. Th...
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Corpus Christi de Camunas, Toledo | MyTravelGuide.com
Come here on the day of Corpus Christi and the following Sunday during May or June to watch this lively and colourful village festival. Villagers enact the ancient struggle between good and evil. Those representing good dress in white and perform an increasingly frenetic ritual dance accompanied by ...
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World Events Guide - Corpus Christi
This is Toledo’s most important festival and has been since the 15th century. The city’s historic streets witness a procession in which the gold and silver monstrance, weighing about 160 kilos, is borne on the shoulders of the faithful, with a retinue of followers from the different religious frater...
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