Diego Ramírez de Guzmán (bishop of León)
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Diego's tomb
Diego Ramírez de Guzmán was a medieval bishop of León (1344–1354). He belonged to the powerful noble family of the .
The ornately carved Puerta de la Gomia, the door between the cathedral of León and the attached cloister, was made during Diego's episcopate. He also had his coat-of-arms carved into the vaulted space between the cathedral and the cloister.[1]
Diego's monumental tomb in the cathedral of León is one of the earliest examples of the enfeu style of sepulchral recess imported from France.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Pablo Ordás Díaz, "Cloister-phobia: The Neglected Art History of León Cathedral's Cloister" The Medieval Colloquium, Columbia University (2/19/2014), p. 10.
- ^ Ángela Franco Mata, Iconografía funeraria gótica en Castilla y León (siglos XIII y XIV) De Arte, 2 (2003), pp. 47–86, cf. 53.
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