Holy Child of La Guardia
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The Holy Child of La Guardia is a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo.
An engraving with the martyrdom of the Holy Child of La Guardia
Dominguito del Val
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Dominguito del Val was a legendary child in medieval Spain, allegedly a choirboy ritually murdered by Jews in Zaragoza. Dominguito is the protagonist in one of the first blood libel in the history of
Holy Child of La Guardia
…many there may be. (Alfonso X the Wise, Partidas, VII, XXIV, Law 2) One of the best known blood libels in Spain was the alleged crucifixion of Little Saint Domingo of Val in Zaragoza in the 13th century, as well as the Boy of Sepúlveda in 1468. In the case in 1468, a report was spread that Jews had tortured and crucified…
Martyrdom of Saint Dominguito del Val by Mateo Gonzalez, circa 1793.