718 CE

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Pelagius At Covadonga Cave

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Pelagius (Spanish: Pelayo; c. 685 – 737) was a Visigothic nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy.

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Don Pelayo, rey de AsturiasLuis de Madrazo y KuntzCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Pelagius of Asturias engravingJuan Serra (lithograph) Casals (print)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Pelagius of AsturiasAfernand74Public domainWikimedia Commons
Bildnis des PelagiusLeipzig University LibraryPublic domainEuropeana

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