King, Georgiana Goddard: A brief account of the military orders in Spain (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1921)

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MILITARY ORDERS
Count
Roderick
that at this day still lacks a proper house
of God. His parents were noble and pious,
and were the founders and patrons of the
Cistercian abbey of Meira in the diocese of
Lugo, whereof the present writer hopes to
give a good account next year. In the
archives there Yepes had seen a document
signed after his father’s death, which calls
him Count and also Master of the Milicia
of Monte Gaudio. In 1170, however, and
for a few years thereafter, he was still only
a great lord and a gallant figure, attendant
on the King’s person in September of that
year at Alba de Tormes: then his name
appeared among those of the founders of
the Order of S. James of the Sword. In
September of 1172 the King of Portugal
gave over to that new Order the city of
Abrantes and castle of Monte Sancto on
the express condition that the Comendador
Mayor, Count Rodrigo, should hold it and
none other.
Why he quit the Order it is hard to guess.
The original Bull is lost by which he
founded a new one of his own, but from the
confirmation that has survived, and sue-
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