Before the Spanish Civil War, in the 19th century, the Order of Saint Jerome — the Hyeronimites, then numbered in the hundreds — was suppressed, and their properties — monasteries, farms, hostels — seized. The monks then ended up living their lives as best as they could, secularized, dispersed, working in any trade they could get into. They became farmers, smiths, laborers.
The last nine Hyeronimite Monks
By Jesusccastillo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 es (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
Daniel Esparza - published on 10/03/16
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