Monteagudo, Navarre
Encyclopedia
Monteagudo is the name of a town and municipality
located in the province of Navarre
, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,146 inhabitants.
The town is the birthplace of Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the province of Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,146 inhabitants.
The town is the birthplace of Saint Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz
Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, also Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and now venerated as a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born on 9 April 1848 in Alfacro, La Rioja, Spain and later on served as a missionary to the Philippines. He also became the Bishop...
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