Huesca - San Pedro el Viejo

The Monasterio de San Pedro el Viejo ("Saint Peter the Old") is a former Benedictine monastery built within the 12th century. A church had existed here (built on the place of a Roman temple) since Visigothic times and even, when the Moors hold Huesca, this church was in use.

Christian troops conquered Huesca in 1096 and from 1117 on Benedictines with obvious ties to Cluny reconstructed the church and erected a monasterio here.

A closer look on the tympanum already seen on the previous upload. A large chrismon (chi rho) held by two angels in very luxurous clothes (note the embroidered cuffs). Above the chrismon is a small figure and a kind of graffito, that seem older than the chrismon. The inscription reads "S(an)C(tu)S VINVCENTIUS". So this refers to Saint Vincent (aka"Vincent of Saragossa", "Vincent of Valencia"). the second patron saint of Huesca. Just like Saint Lawrence, Saint Vincent, who was martyred (304) in Valencia, was born in Huesca.