Ermita de la Santa Cruz Mountains Valdueza (León), April 4, 2009. .
In the Valle del Silencio Leon, we quoted recently in reference to Peñalba of Santiago, is another medieval village with great taste. We talked about San Pedro de Montes, born in the shelter instead of the monastery, which name the town, founded by St. Fructuoso in s. VII, on a steep slope in front of an old Celtic fort. At the entrance of the village, a little apart, was the humble chapel of Santa Cruz, high on the rock on which St. Fructuoso retired for prayer. In this magical enclave
have an old council, known as "Legend of the Serpent rupiana." Summarized, it says that the bottom of the ravine where the river runs Oza, at the foot of the shrine of Santa Cruz, in a large cave, there lived a terrible monster, dragon and snake crossing, with one eye . Such was the size of the Sierpe Rupiana that when his headstrong reached the shrine, his tail was still inside the cave by the river down there.
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The terror of nature, Cattle fed villagers and monks, but scarce for its insatiable appetite, the fearsome monster feast continued with lay and clergy, today one, tomorrow another. It claimed the presence of St. Fructuoso, who was in hermit retreat, and this section as follows: the nuns make a huge loaf of bread, made of chestnut flour mixed with pomace and juice of yew, which left the door the chapel. The snake ate the bait, was asleep, and took to nail in his eye a large stake brown, sharp and heated almost to the point of ignition. The monster is twisted, giving tail that gave off felled oak trees and boulders as casas, hasta refugiarse en lo más profundo de su cueva, donde murió con los sesos consumidos por el calor. Los lugareños afirman que unas figuras ondulantes, en los relieves de la ermita de la Santa Cruz, aluden a este episodio. Por desgracia, ya no podemos comprobarlo...
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Donde antes se encontraban dichos relieves, hoy solo queda una terrible herida que, justicia poética, nos recuerda el destrozado único ojo de la Sierpe Rupiana. Esta ermita no es la original, sino una levantada en 1723, poco más debajo de la anterior, y en la que se reutilizaron groseramente algunos fragmentos escultóricos de la primitiva. Tales elementos, del año 905 y origen visigodo-mozárabe, were taken miserably, Sunday March 3, 2007. Well, to be precise, was stolen from a foundation stone of the chapel, which was about to be displayed on the Ponferradina edition of The Ages of Man, although the case is as if they had "labored" the whole. The president of the Regional Council of Bierzo, Ricardo González Saavedra, blamed the theft to the Junta de Castilla y Leon for the lack of supervision. In turn, the vice president of the Board, María Jesús Ruiz, lambasted the government delegate in the community, Miguel Alejo, on the understanding that should this be the guarantor of historical and artistic heritage. [Do not know if the delegated undertaken with the concierge, he, in turn, took his wife, and she paid with it ...]
Following this controversy, we met with the church, the bishop decided to remove the remaining pieces and put them in custody at the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Encina, Ponferrada, until Valdueza Mountains could be guaranteed a minimum of security. In other words, " Graeca ad Kalends."
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-Visigothic parts Mozarabic the April 17, 2000. . Luckily
visited and photographed the whole nine years ago, when still a no had decided to steal some or other to save the rest by the same procedure: take the pieces. There they were, the foundation stone on the left, along with other fragments decorated with interlacing wavy and rosettes, all serving as a makeshift jambs and column, for another stone with two arches incomplete, which would be a horseshoe, on which lies the best part: a square in which inscribes a crismón "Asturias", formed by cross formy with the Alpha and the Omega, whose fund has remnants of red paint.
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To whom may concern: let's blame someone else, which in turn blames the other, who then blamed the beyond. And given that, at least for now, things do not fix it, then what's done is done. Admit that the surveillance is a matter pilgrim, if not impossible, and since bringing back parts Montes is unwise, at least make a play on artificial stone, as was done with some sculptures of various cathedrals, and place in your original place. Genuine parts will be safe, if possible at the Museum of León, where they visited, and the pilgrims, pilgrim spirit because one must have to visit such places, will enjoy the site contemplation of these gems of the early Middle Ages even if they are copies. And take, take to restore Inside the chapel, for seeing that state is not wonder that the "robbers" think they did a favor to withdraw as precious stones of the ruined and dusty attic. Failure to do so, go to pillory and stocks, with the hope that the spirit of the Serpent Rupiana harass you every night to repair the mess. .
Health and fraternity.
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