One of the many miracles that Saint James the Apostle performs


"Un dos moitos milagres que Santiago Apostol fai," Galicians would say in their native language: the 900-year-old Codex Calixtinus was found by Spanish police forces and a judge with apparently not even a (new) scratch. 


The great medieval work had been stolen nearly one year ago from the archives of the great Cathedral of Saint James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela. It was found in a garage in the nearby town of Milladoiro wrapped in newspapers and plastic bags surrounded by tiles and bricks. It has now been returned by the police to the Archdiocese. (Several sources, including the Telegraph).
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2 comments:

  1. !1,2 million (1.200.000) euros in hands of a low class worker family!

    Your news fail to say that there was a lot of private letters of the canons of Santiago too and all the keys of the Cathedral.

    There was a lot of manuscripts of great value. ¿Did nobody note that at the Cathedral?

    All is very strange.

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  2. Gettin clear or worst (Sorry, but I give you in spanish)

    Fuentes próximas a la investigación sospechan que este dinero procede, al menos en gran parte, de propiedades que el sospechoso iba sacando del templo y de sisar los cepillos con los donativos que dejaban los peregrinos. Así, había fajos de billetes desde 5 a 500 euros, pero también grandes cantidades de billetes de un dólar y de otras monedas.
    Ante tal volumen de dinero, la Policía entiende que durante años fue sacando de forma constante del templo diversos objetos que iba vendiendo y aunque no se descarta un posible trama que se aprovechaba de los hurtos de Castiñeiras, la Policía no es muy partidaria de esta hipótesis.
    Así, los registros revelaron la existencia de hasta diez facsímiles del Códice (copias del manuscrito), varios libros religiosos muy antiguos, entre ellos uno de El Libro de las Horas, cuya desaparición también había sido denunciada por el deán de la Catedral de Santiago, y salmos de la Edad Media, además de bandejas de plata y monedas históricas.
    La Policía está confirmando ahora precisamente que todo esta material –al margen del Códice, que ya fue autentificado– pertenece al templo compostelano.
    La inspecciones descubrieron también que el electricista tenía en su poder numerosa documentación relacionada con los responsables y religiosos de la Catedral, correspondencia de los canónigos y llaves de acceso a las diversas dependencias del templo, que iría acopiando durante los años que trabajó para el cabildo.

    http://www.farodevigo.es/sociedad-cultura/2012/07/05/policia-recupera-cerca-santiago-codice-calixtino-perfecto-garaje-principal-sospechoso/662709.html

    Very very strange the volume of stolen things and no notice of that untill the Codex Calixtinus was missing.

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