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Convent of Santa Clara de Espinosa de Henares

Espinosa de Henares, La Campiña, Guadalajara

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Convent of Santa Clara de Espinosa de Henares

Monument · Espinosa de Henares, La Campiña, Guadalajara

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The convent of Santa Clara de Espinosa de Henares, in the comarca of La Campiña (Guadalajara), was founded on 23 August 1899 by a married couple from Medinaceli for Franciscan Poor Clare nuns of enclosed, contemplative life, with sister Vicenta de San José as first abbess. On 24 July 1936 it was seized during the Civil War and suffered bombing damage, later being rebuilt by Regiones Devastadas. After the Second Vatican Council the community closed its school to focus on contemplative life, and since 2013 the building has housed a new religious community, the Servidores del Evangelio de la Misericordia de Dios.

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