Summary Page:  Former House

Name: La Vid, S. Maria de la Vid

Circary at the Time: Hispania

Years of Activity: 1143-1835

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Map:  Click Here (Source:  © MapQuest  http://www.mapquest.com)

Monasticon Praemonstratense (III, 305)

Approximate modern location: Now called La Vid y Barrios, east of Aranda de Duero (as well as the site of another of our houses - Fresnillo de las Dueñas), on the banks of the river Duero, Prov. of Burgos, Spain. 

Elm-Number [See below]: 251*

Other Comments:  It was at this house that (the later) St. Dominic was a subdeacon of our Order, later to found the famous Religious Order - The Dominicans.


* This listing (and the numbers, with a few adjustments after 1995) is based on the map contained in Kaspar Elm's Norbert von Xanten: Adliger, Ordensstifter, Kirchenfürst, Wienand Verlag, Köln, 1984, page 328-329.