Caldas de Reis

Concello de Caldas de Reis
municipality

Seal
Concello de Caldas de Reis

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 42°36′10″N 8°38′18″W / 42.60278°N 8.63833°W / 42.60278; -8.63833Coordinates: 42°36′10″N 8°38′18″W / 42.60278°N 8.63833°W / 42.60278; -8.63833
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
Province Pontevedra
Government
  Mayor Juan Manuel Rey
Area
  Total 68.16 km2 (26.32 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Total 10,036
  Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Website http://www.caldasdereis.com/

Caldas de Reis is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the north of the province of Pontevedra.

History

In Ptolemy's Tables, the town appears as Aquae calidae and in the Itinerarium Antonini]] as Aquae Celenae. Lucas de Tuy calls it Caldas de Rege. F. Pérez calls it Cilenos or Celenae.[1][2]

A bishop of this see named Ortigius was at the first Council of Toledo at the end of the 4th century. Of two bishops consecrated later, named respectively Pastor and Siagrius, one appears to have been for this diocese.[1]

In the mid-6th century, the bishop's seat was transferred to Iria Flavia, now the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. Thus, no longer a residential bishopric, Caldas de Reyes is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 F. Pérez, v. Cilenos, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, col. 830
  2. Enrique Flórez, España sagrada, vol. XIX, Madrid 1792, pp. 9–12 e 50-52
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 864


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