Medina del Campo (San Saturnino)

Title

Medina del Campo (San Saturnino)

Also Known As

Methinensis

Dates

Founded 1170s; dissolved 1835

Dedication

Saturninus

Affiliation

San Pelayo de Cerrato

Medieval Diocese

Salamanca

Circary

Spain

History

The foundation of San Saturnino de Medina del Campo is traditionally ascribed to one Andrés Voca (or Bocos), a Frenchman, in 1172-1178. Until 1233, this was a double house.

Always a small community, San Saturnino suffered a major fire in 1521, but it survived until 1835. Only some partial ruins survive.


Heads of Community

Abbots

Martin I, fl. 1204
Fernando, fl. 1282
Toribio, fl. 1405
Fernando, fl. 1415
Velasco de Medina, 1460-1502
Antonio del Castillo, 1507-1513
Pedro de Ataquines, 1518-1524
Martin II Gomez, 1540-1552

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Madrid, Archivo Histórico Nacional

ES./23

Simancas, Archivo General de Simancas

CME, 14, 47 (1457)

Vatican City, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano

Reg. Av. 344, fols. 596r-596v. (1414)

Bibliography

Fuente, Paula de la. “Conservar los restos de San Saturnino para lucir el pasado medieval de Medina del Campo.” La Voz de Medina, March 17, 2023. https://www.lavozdemedinadigital.com/wordpress/2023/03/conservar-los-restos-de-san-saturnino-para-lucir-el-pasado-medieval-de-medina-del-campo/.

Image Credit

Remains of monastery wall of San Saturnino, 2015. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Spain

Citation

“Medina del Campo (San Saturnino),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/269.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: San Pelayo de Cerrato
Item: Villaluz DependentOn This Item
Item: Medina del Campo (Santa Maria) DependentOn This Item