BRIEF HISTORICAL-DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY OF THE
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SANCTUARY-HERMITAGE OF OUR SEÑORA DE ESCARDIEL
As beginning of the historical analysis of the Santuario Ermita of Our Mrs.
Santa María of Escardiel, it is necessary to say that the place of " Fazcardiel
" already appears mentioned in the Book of XI Alfonso's Hunts; in him that is
reflected: "Seven Streams that yaze end Fazcardiel is good pig mount in ynvierno;
et to the vezes oh osso". in spite of it is ignored it the moment of the origin
of the devotion and the erection of the Sanctuary of Our Mrs. of Escardiel,
although the opinion of the authors is coincident when affirming the coincidence
between the moment of the reconquest of the Sierra of Castilblanco and the origin
from the devotion to Our Mrs. of Escardiel (1).
However, the existence of documental news of the Hermitage of Our Mrs. of Escardiel
he/she is delayed until well begun the XVI century, concretely until the year
1544 (2), year in which grants testament Leonor Muñoz before the notary Alonso
Rodríguez (3), testament in which is reflected the following one sends: "Yttem
control that two are given real to the Hermitta of Our Mrs. Sancta María Descardiel,
for the but venerasion of the imaxen of Our Mrs.."
In different file, and after a series of testaments in the one that you/they
are reflected identical donations that the previous one, the testament of Ynes
of León is conserved granted before the notary Fernando Pedraza in the year
of 1589 (4) in the one that settles down: " Yttem control that you of to the
Hermitta of Our Mrs. Sancta María Descardiel I finish destta Vª a skirt of cloth
guarnesida with silks and a silk migalana and a figured camissa of long mangass
with silk and that everything you of to the this Hermitta for servisio and venerasion
of Sancta María Descardiel and ansi send it so much .Por, among these years
1544 and 1589 the first written news of the Hermitage of Our are unwrapped Mrs.
of Escardiel (I Eat on the other hand also, of the Villa of Castilblanco) all
them of probate content and referred to small endowments in money or species
in favor of this Hermitage.
1 in this sense are manifested among other Hernández Díaz, Sancho Corbacho and Collantes of Terán in Archaeological and Artistic Catalog of the County of Seville and María Dolores Gordón in Toponimia Sevillana."
2 the year 1544 is the first one, of the series referred to Castilblanco that is conserved in the Provincial Historical File of Seville, section notarial Protocols.
3 to the effect, Provincial Historical File of Seville, Section Notarial Protocols, File 3.666PB.
4 Provincial Historical file, Section Notarial Protocols, file 3.628 PB
