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Born c.340 • Spain
Died 385 • Trier • Germany
Hosius Of Córdoba
Spanish bishop
Paulus Orosius
Christian historian
Garci Ordóñez Rodríguez de Montalvo
Spanish writer
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor
Celedonio Romero
Spanish-American musician and composer
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Miguel Indurain
Spanish cyclist
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Francisco Tárrega
Spanish musician
Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
Vicente Martínez Ybor
Spanish-born merchant
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
Alberto Churriguera
Spanish architect
Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer

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