The Holy Child of La Guardia (Spanish: El Santo Niño de La Guardia) is a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo (Castile–La Mancha). On 16 November 1491 an auto-da-fé was held outside of Ávila that ended in the public execution of several Jews and conversos.
The Holy Child of La Guardia (Spanish: El Santo Niño de La Guardia) is a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo (Castile–La Mancha). On 16 November 1491 an auto-da-fé was held outside of Ávila that ended in the public execution of several Jews and conversos.
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