Hieronymites
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The principal group with this name was founded in the Iberian Peninsula around the 14th century. Their religious habit is a white tunic with a brown, hooded scapular and a brown mantle. For liturgical
The Monastery of Saint Mary of Parral, the current headquarters of the Order of Saint Jerome.
Entrance of the nuns' monastery of Saint Paula (Seville, Spain).
Cloister of the Monastery of Parral (Segovia, Spain).
Garden of the Monastery of Parral (Segovia, Spain).
Spanish Inquisition
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The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition was authorized by Pope Sixtus IV in 1478 and the first inquisitors, Miguel de Morillo and Juan de San Martín, were appointed by the future Catholic M
The Virgin of the Catholic Monarchs, 1491–1493. The Inquisitor, Torquemada, is behind King Ferdinand (left).
Torquemada is buried in the monastery of Saint Thomas at Ávila, and left his own epitaph: "Pestem Fugat Haereticam" i.e. "drove away the pestilence of heresy".
Burning of heretics at stakes (auto-da-fé) in a marketplace during the Spanish Inquisition.
The burning of a Dutch Anabaptist, Anneken Hendriks, who was charged with heresy in Amsterdam (1571)