San Martiño de Andrade S XII

According to the scant medieval documentation in which it is cited, the temple or the town of

Andrade were closely linked to the nearby monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro (A Capela) and to the

Andrade family.

The first documentary reference to the place and to the church of Andrade appears in the Tumbo de Caaveiro in a

donation dated April 1, 1102, where Bermudo

Fortúniz, canon of Caaveiro, bequeaths to the monastery a

servant located in the town of Andrade, near the church

of San Martino. On September 9, 1158, he appears cited

again in the will of Mayor Suárez another property located next to the temple.

Already in the thirteenth century there are several references linked

to the Andrade family. The gentleman Pedro Bermudez of

Andrade donated his entire portion of the apse of the church to Caaveiro in 1204. Dated

of December 13, 1223, this same nobleman sold the

monastery all its properties in the Andrade preserve.

In 1246 Rodrigo Pérez and his brothers donated to the same

monastery the portion of the Andrade church that they owned.

The church of San Martiño de Andrade consists of a

traditional structure of a nave and a semicircular apse.

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