Possible provenance of the Monastery of Saint Adrian

Description

The relics of Saint Adrian and Saint Natalia, according to tradition, were given by the Pope to the Leonese nobleman Guisvando, from whose hand they arrived to the Astur-Leonese kingdom. He and his wife were mentioned in a consecration epigraph from a temple dedicated to Saint Adrian and Saint Natalia, located in La Losilla, near Boñar (León). The inscription, coming from that place, was photographed by Gómez-Moreno, which indicated that the construction was due to "the servant of God Guisvando, with his wife Leuvina" in the year 920 (Gómez-Moreno, 1925, pp. 162-167). However, the monastery had to gradually lose relevance, until it was transformed into a simple parish (Rodríguez Montañés, 2002; Moráis Morán, 2017).

Bibliography

• ALBA, Pedro (1864): Historia de la montaña de Boñar, Manuel González Redondo, León.
• GÓMEZ-MORENO, Manuel (1925): Catálogo Monumental de la Provincia de León, vol. I, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, Madrid.
• MORÁIS MORÁN, José Alberto (2017): "El desaparecido monumento sepulcral de los santos Adrián y Natalia y la reorganización del relicario legionense en el siglo XIII", vol. 23, en Liño. Revista Anual de Historia del Arte.
• RODRÍGUEZ MONTAÑÉS, José Manuel (2002): "San Adrián de Boñar (o de las Caldas)", en Enciclopedia del Románico en Castilla y León. León, Fundación Santa María la Real, Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia).