RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Making loca sacra in Visigothic Iberia: The case of churches A1 Poveda Arias, Pablo K1 Canon law K1 Consecration K1 Costumbre K1 Late Antiquity K1 Rituals K1 Ritos y ceremonias K1 Sacred space K1 Arquitectura sagrada K1 Churches - Spain K1 Iglesias - España K1 Visigodos - Historia K1 España - Historia - 0414-0711 (Periodo Visigodo) K1 Visigoths - Spain K1 Spain - History - Gothic period, 414-711 K1 5601 Derecho Canónico K1 5504.01 Historia Antigua AB Curiously, we have no previous studies that deal monographically with the question of the sacralisation of spaces in Visigoth Iberia. It is intended in the following pages to fill this historiographical gap by focusing on the particular case of the churches. By means of the compilation and exhaustive analysis of all the available documentary sources, particularly the available conciliar canons, it is aimed to identify the different prescriptions and strategies that were used to sacralise new places of worship in Iberia during the Visigothic period. Particular emphasis will be placed on ritual procedures, which are mandatory for the consecration of any church, but also on material and sensorial factors as complementary determinants in the definition of sacred space. The final result obtained provides us with a reality dominated by a heterogeneity of situations that were sometimes far from conforming to the reality desired by canon law. PB MDPI SN 2077-1444 YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65509 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65509 LA eng NO Religions, 2023, Vol. 14, Nº. 5, 664 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 12-jul-2024