{"id":4203,"date":"2021-02-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2021-02-14T14:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T14:14:25","slug":"basque-fact-of-the-week-the-collegiate-of-zenarruza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2021\/02\/21\/basque-fact-of-the-week-the-collegiate-of-zenarruza\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque Fact of the Week: The Collegiate of Zenarruza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just outside of Munitibar, not far from the baserri that my dad grew up in (only 3\/4 of a mile as the crow, or crowned eagle, flies), lies the Monastery of Zenarruza, also known as the Collegiate of Zenarruza or Collegiate of Ziortza. It&#8217;s a beautiful spot on the edge of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lea-artibai.org\/eu-ES\/Orrialdeak\/default.aspx\">Lea-Artibai<\/a>, a great place to take a break from all of the family lunches and dinners&#8230; I mean, all of the sight seeing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ziortza_2020_Bizkaia_-_Monasterioa_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4206\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ziortza_2020_Bizkaia_-_Monasterioa_15.jpg 576w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ziortza_2020_Bizkaia_-_Monasterioa_15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption>The courtyard in the Monastery of Zenarruza. Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Collegiate_of_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Zenarruza\">Wikimedia<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-Ziortza-iglesia2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4207\" width=\"219\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-Ziortza-iglesia2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/0-Ziortza-iglesia2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><figcaption>The coat-of-arms of the Monastery, featuring the eagle and skull. Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retablosdebizkaia.com\/ziortza-bolibar-retablo-mayor-de-la-colegiata-de-santa-maria\/\">Museo de Arte Sacro<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The precise origin of the name Zenarruza is not clear. One theory says it is related to the Basque word <em>zihaurri<\/em>, meaning dwarf elder, and the suffix &#8211;<em>tza<\/em>, which indicates an abundance. However, another theory relates it to <em>tzear otza<\/em>, meaning cold hillside or slope. The Collegiate is also known as Ziortza, which is thought to be another evolution of the same original name.<\/li><li>The Monastery was founded in the 900s. The story goes that, at the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, 968, the people of Gerrikaitz were celebrating mass when an eagle swooped in to the ossuary of the cemetery and seized a skull in its claws. The people followed it as it flew until it reached the slope of Zenarruza, in the foothills of Mount Oiz, where it dropped the skull. The skull fell into a thick patch of dwarf elder. The people took this as a sign that they should build a hermitage to the Virgin on that slope. The coat-of-arms of the Monastery features the eagle and skull.<\/li><li>At the end of the 14th century, as the importance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camino_de_Santiago\">Camino de Santiago<\/a> grew, so too did that of Zenarruza. In fact, the church hosted a hospital for pilgrims. The local families pooled resources and hired a group of clergymen to administer to the people and give worship to God and the Virgin. This elevated the church from a Parish to a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collegiate_church\">Collegiate Church<\/a>, which, while not overseen by a bishop, was still able to offer some of the same services as a cathedral. This happened in 1379. It was the first Collegiate Church of Bizkaia.<\/li><li>After its heydays, the Collegiate began to slowly deteriorate and it lost its status as a Collegiate Church in 1851.  In 1948, the church at the heart of the Collegiate, renown for its beauty, was named a national monument of Euskadi. In 1988, a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cistercians\">Cistercian<\/a> monks, from the abbey of <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monasterio_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Real_de_la_Oliva\">Santa Mar\u00eda de la Oliva<\/a>, in Navarra, moved in, turning the former Collegiate into a monastery.<\/li><li>Today, the Monastery pertains to the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ziortza-Bolibar\">Ziortza-Bolibar<\/a>. Bolibar, of course, gives its name to <a href=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2019\/04\/07\/basque-fact-of-the-week-simon-bolivar-the-liberator-had-roots-in-bizkaia\/\">Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar<\/a>, the Liberator. And, the name Zenarruza is familiar to Idahoans, giving its name to the Idaho politician <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pete_Cenarrusa\">Pete Cenarrusa<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monasteriozenarruza.net\">Monasterio de Zenarruza<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monasterio_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Cenarruza\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just outside of Munitibar, not far from the baserri that my dad grew up in (only 3\/4 of a mile as the crow, or crowned eagle, flies), lies the Monastery of Zenarruza, also known as the Collegiate of Zenarruza or Collegiate of Ziortza. It&#8217;s a beautiful spot on the edge of Lea-Artibai, a great place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,8],"tags":[2388,2390,2389,29,2386,2383,2376,728,2391,230,1303,2387],"class_list":["post-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basque-fact-of-the-week","category-euskadi","tag-camino-de-santiago","tag-cistercian-monks","tag-collegiate-church","tag-gerrikaitz","tag-lea-artibai","tag-monastery-of-zenarruza","tag-oiz","tag-pete-cenarrusa","tag-santa-maria-de-la-oliva","tag-simon-bolivar","tag-zenarruza","tag-ziortza"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ziortza_2020_Bizkaia_-_Monasterioa_15.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2sYNu-15N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4210,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions\/4210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}