Padrón in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)

Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2023

1. Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

(Galician:)
Trobador e poeta medieval, nado en Padrón no século XIV. Deixou moi novo a súa terra natal, para converterse en doncel de Don Enrique de Aragón, momento no que coñeceu á que sería a súa amada. Viviu para un só amor e morreu dunha soa ferida, traxicamente, en Arjonilla (Xaén). Outorgáronselle 21 poemas do Cancionero de Baena.

(Spanish:)
Trovador y poeta medieval. Nacido en Padrón en el siglo XIV. Dejó muy joven su tierra natal, para convertirse en doncel de Don Enrique de Aragón. Momento en el que conoció a la que sería su amada. Vivió para un solo amor y murió de una sola herida, trágicamente, en Arjonilla (Jaén). Se le otorgan 21 poemas del Cancionero de Baena

(English translation:)
Medieval troubadour and poet, born in Padrón in the 14th century. He left his native land at very young age to become a servant of Don Enrique de Aragón, at which point he met the one who would become his beloved. He lived for only one love and died of a single wound, tragically, in Arjonilla (Jaén). Twenty-one poems from the Cancionero
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de Baena (“Baena Songbook”) are attributed to him.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 42° 44.285′ N, 8° 39.66′ W. Marker is in Padrón, Galicia, in A Coruña. Marker is at the intersection of Rúa Ferreiras and Praza de Macias, on the right when traveling north on Rúa Ferreiras. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Padrón, Galicia 15900, Spain. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Antiga Cárcere /Antigua Carcel / Former Jail (within shouting distance of this marker); Pazo do Concello / Palacio del Ayuntamiento / Town Hall Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Rosalia de Castro (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Igrexa parroquial de Santiago de Padrón / St. Jame’s Church (about 120 meters away); Alfolí do Sal (about 120 meters away); Ponte de Santiago / Puente Santiago / Saint Jame’s Bridge (about 120 meters away); Porta do Relox / Puerta de Reloj / Former Clock Gate (about 180 meters away); Fonte do Carme / Fuente de Carmen / Fountain of Carme (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Padrón.

Also see . . . Macías (troubadour) (Wikipedia).

Legend: In 1499, Hernán Nuñez penned another version in a gloss to a printed edition of Laberinto.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2023

2. Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover Statue and Marker
The marker is mounted to the rear of the plinth of the statue for Macias, located in the plaza named for him.
According to this tradition, Macías was enamoured of a great lady from the court of the Maestre of Calatrava, leader of one of the most powerful military religious orders in Spain. During Macías’s absence the Maestre arranged the marriage of the lady with a rich hidalgo, so the lovers were unable to consummate their relationship. Macías, who would not desist from his wooing, was imprisoned at Arjonilla, and then murdered by the jealous husband with a lance threaded through a hole in the ceiling of the Macías's prison cell. Macías died singing lyric poems composed in praise of his lady.

The last, and perhaps most popular, version of the legend of Macías appeared in the mid-16th century in the Historia de la nobleza del Andalucía by Gonzalo Argote de Molina (in Spanish). Argote’s version is essentially the same as Núñez’s, with the major difference that he gives the Maestre’s name as Enrique de Villena. Don Enrique held the position of Maestre from 1402 to 1414, long after Macías’s death, therefore the addition to the legend in Historia de la nobleza del Andalucía is not thought to be real.

(Submitted on September 11, 2023.)

Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2023

3. Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover Statue

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2023

4. Macías O Namorado / Macías the Lover Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 49 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 11, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.