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A History of Spain

Note 57 — Chapter XXVII · RELIGION AND THE CHURCH, 1516-1700

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The addition of the name “de Jesús” to that of some of the mystics came from their assertions of a marriage with Christ, according to which fact their names, in Spanish fashion, required this indication of their marital partner.

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