page_title: Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares
hierarchical_section_title: Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares
caption_attribution_description: Santiago de Compostela, Spain-29
context_page_description: The Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares is a monastery in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
  It was founded in the 11th century by Alfonso II of Asturias and conceived as a Benedictine monastery originally integrated by twelve monks. It was initially aimed to look after and render worship to the newly discovered tomb of the Apostle James, which brought a pilgrimage status to the city.
  Once the Benedictine monks left the monastery in 1499, it was occupied by cloistered nuns and dedicated to St. Pelagius, a 10th century Galician child captured, tortured and dismembered by order of the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of al-Andalus after his refusal to renounce of his Christian faith.
  The present-day construction can almost entirely be traced back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
context_section_description: The Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares (Galician: Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares) is a monastery in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 
  It was founded in the 11th century by Alfonso II of Asturias and conceived as a Benedictine monastery originally integrated by twelve monks. It was initially aimed to look after and render worship to the newly discovered tomb of the Apostle James, which brought a pilgrimage status to the city.
  Once the Benedictine monks left the monastery in 1499, it was occupied by cloistered nuns and dedicated to St. Pelagius, a 10th century Galician child captured, tortured and dismembered by order of the Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of al-Andalus after his refusal to renounce of his Christian faith.    
  The present-day construction can almost entirely be traced back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
caption: Facade of San Paio de Antealtares in Quintana Square.
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