>* Ferdinand III of Castile (1252) - after driving Moors from Seville, he
>turned the great mosque into a church; he also founded the
>University of Salamanca
He was also St Louis's cousin, his mother being Berenguela of Leon,
sister of Blanche of Castile. This may, in fact, have influenced his
canonization, since, although he died before Louis, he was only
canonized in 1671.
Jim Bugslag
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