Igrexa de S. Benito de Allariz: A obra do templo

• Autores: Antonio Blanco Rodríguez
• Localización: Boletín Avriense: Boletín Auriense, ISSN 0210-8445, Tomo 51-52, 2021-2022, págs. 383-392
• Idioma: gallego
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• Resumen
  • galego

    A de San Benito foi a primeira e a última das catorce igrexas cristiás máis unha sinagoga xudía que se construíron en Allariz. A pequena capela prerrománica adicada ao Santo subsiste extramuros ata comezos do s.XVIII. O deterioro desta e o aumento das necesidades de culto fixo pensar en levantar no mesmo solar un novo templo. Tardouse preto de cento cincuenta anos, de comezos do s.XVIII a mediados do s.XIX, en velo rematado. A persistente falla de recursos obrigou a aguzar o enxeño na procura de patrocinadores: a primeira contribución realizouna A Paneira, institución de crédito agrícola; seguiulle o arbitrio sobre o viño que se vendía en Allariz e, finalmente, a última parte das obras financiouse mediante derrama entre os veciños.

    En 1850, o mestre canteiro cae dende os 27 mts. da torre ao colocar a última pedra; milagrosamente resulta indemne e promete construír retablo, púlpitos e comungatorio.

  • English

    The church of San Benito was the first and last in the series of fourteen Christian churches and one Jewish synagogue that were built in Allariz. The small pre-Romanesque chapel dedicated to San Benito remained outside the walls until the beginning of the 18th century. Its deterioration, coupled with the increase in worship, led to a new temple on the same site being erected. It took almost one hundred and fifty years, from the beginning of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century, to finish it. The continual lack of resources resulted in the need to become more resourceful in the search for sponsors. The first contribution was made by A Paneira, an agricultural credit institution. This was followed by the tax on the wine sold in Allariz being implemented and, finally, the last part needed for the work was financed by a collection made from among the neighbors. In 1850, the master mason in charge of the project fell 27 meters from the tower after having laid the last stone; miraculously, he was unharmed and promised to build the altarpiece, the pulpits, and the communion rail.