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Foreign News
October 10, 1818
Delaware Gazette And Peninsula Advertiser
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
A letter from Madrid reports that in Durango, Spain, Intendant Don Alpio Garcia Conde, excommunicated by Bishop Marquis de Castanizas for ignoring a ban on balls, fatally wounded the Bishop with a sword during a cathedral fete.
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Murder of a Priest.—A letter from Madrid, inserted in the French Papers, furnishes the following statement:
—The Bishop of Durango, Marquis de Castanizas, having prohibited the inhabitants of the city from giving balls in their houses, the Intendant of the Province, Don Alpio Garcia Conde, disregarding the prohibition of the Bishop continued to give balls when he pleased at his residence. The consequence was, a violent dispute between Bishop and Intendant, which ended in an act of excommunication being fulminated against the latter. Shortly after there happened to be a Fete at the Cathedral, and on the Intendant's presenting himself for admission, he was informed of the order for his exclusion; on hearing which, he rushed precipitately forward to the altar, at which the Bishop was officiating pontifically, and wounded him severely with his drawn sword. That he is since dead! London pap.
—The Bishop of Durango, Marquis de Castanizas, having prohibited the inhabitants of the city from giving balls in their houses, the Intendant of the Province, Don Alpio Garcia Conde, disregarding the prohibition of the Bishop continued to give balls when he pleased at his residence. The consequence was, a violent dispute between Bishop and Intendant, which ended in an act of excommunication being fulminated against the latter. Shortly after there happened to be a Fete at the Cathedral, and on the Intendant's presenting himself for admission, he was informed of the order for his exclusion; on hearing which, he rushed precipitately forward to the altar, at which the Bishop was officiating pontifically, and wounded him severely with his drawn sword. That he is since dead! London pap.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
Political
What keywords are associated?
Bishop Murder
Excommunication
Durango Dispute
Intendant Attack
Cathedral Fete
What entities or persons were involved?
Bishop Of Durango, Marquis De Castanizas
Don Alpio Garcia Conde
Where did it happen?
Durango
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Durango
Key Persons
Bishop Of Durango, Marquis De Castanizas
Don Alpio Garcia Conde
Outcome
bishop wounded severely and died; intendant excommunicated
Event Details
The Bishop prohibited balls in the city, but the Intendant continued hosting them, leading to a dispute and excommunication. During a cathedral fete, the excluded Intendant rushed to the altar and severely wounded the officiating Bishop with his sword, resulting in the Bishop's death.