San Claudio
Encyclopedia
San Claudio is a town situated in the municipality
of Oviedo
, Spain
. It lies three kilometers and a half from Oviedo. It is named after Saint Claudius
, a martyr of León, Spain
.
The town center is called San Roque. Every summer San Claudio hosts its annual outdoor festival.
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...
of Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
, Spain
Spain
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. It lies three kilometers and a half from Oviedo. It is named after Saint Claudius
Marcellus of Tangier
Saint Marcellus of Tangier or Saint Marcellus the Centurion is venerated as a Martyr Saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church...
, a martyr of León, Spain
León, Spain
León is the capital of the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León, situated in the northwest of Spain. Its city population of 136,985 makes it the largest municipality in the province, accounting for more than one quarter of the province's population...
.
The town center is called San Roque. Every summer San Claudio hosts its annual outdoor festival.