[227] See Monografía de Galicia, 1905. Sanchez stated in 1885 that the excavations already made led to the supposition that the capitol covered a space a league broad and half a league wide (17-1/2 Spanish leagues make a geographical degree).

[228] About twelve kilometres from Santiago.

[229] See Sancha (op. cit.), p. 438.

[230] See España Sagrada for a long list of distinguished bishops. The church which stood here in the ninth century was called Santa Eulalia. Fita says that the present church was rebuilt in 1685-1715.

[231] The Sar flows into the Ulla.

[232] Op. cit., p. 434.

[233] See Ticknor, History of Spanish Literature, chap. xx., and note.

[234] Op. cit.

[235] Florez.

[236] In the sixteenth century.