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The meaning and history of devotion to San Onofre, a review Alguazas Radio (15/03/2011)

Local historian Ulpiano Celiz illustrates the international scope of the Patron Saint alguaceño.

The scholar and historian alguaceño Ulpiano Celiz was the respondent in the study of municipal public radio.

Alguazas Celiz Radio has shelled in his research focused on the study of devotion to the Patron of the town, San Onofre, arouses so much in our national territory (in regions such as Andalusia, Catalonia, Extremadura, Castilla-León, Aragón, Baleares, Valencia and Murcia) and beyond our borders (Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Italy, Russia, Colombia, Brazil, Canada or the U.S.) and countless artistic expressions (temples, sculptural, pictorial elements, ...) dedicated to the hermit home Egyptian and true identity symbol alguaceña population.

In the space of interviews "By talking to ..." from Alguazas Radio, also a writer and self-taught speaker also has illustrated the cultural, festive and artistic town that revolve around their patron saint.

Note that Ulpiano Celiz is one of the coordinators of the development of "San Onofre and Gonzalez Moreno: art, culture, tradition and religion in Alguazas", in collaboration with the historian and educator, Mercedes Barranco, and the psychologist and journalist the daily "La Verdad", Manuel Herrera, was released in 2008 by the Department of Culture in our City and that includes in its pages a documented study on the devotion of both Alguazas San Onofre and the rest of the world and an analysis of the sculpture of religious images González Moreno Murcia, the artist who sculpted the current image of the patron saint of this town in the Vega Media del Segura.

"San Onofre and Gonzalez Moreno: art, culture, tradition and religion in Alguazas" is the result of a series of research work carried out by prestigious and important figures related to the study of art history in our region of Murcia.

Noteworthy in this connection to the professors and teachers of art history at the University of Murcia and Concepción de la Peña Velasco, the current Director of the Museum Salzillo, María Teresa Marín Torres, Germain Ramallo Asensio, or Professor of Philosophy and former Director General Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage Regional Government, Enrique Ujaldón.

Ulpiano Celiz is indefatigable man, capable of stimulating social and cultural life of Alguazas.

Ulpiano is one of those people who are institution and landmark in our town.

Promoter of many projects and cultural activities in the town, a man of prolific career biography and vital, deep knowledge of the identity alguaceña of social and historical reality of this town and its people.

Son and grandson of merchants, Ulpiano Celiz born 58 years ago in Alguazas.

He studied Philosophy and Classical Philology at the University of Murcia.

In his youth would join the Army where he attained the rank of sergeant of Infantry.

A professional level Ulpiano Celiz develops commercial activity as an entrepreneur.

Celiz founded the magazine "Cuadernos de Estudios Alguaceños" in the first issue published an article entitled "Sponsorship Alguazas and San Onofre."

Is also author of the book "Alguazas, the story in their papers" as well as historical research work "The Origin of Alguazas and its relationship with Molina during the Middle Ages," Medieval Lords Alguazas and Legends of San Onofre. "

Ulpiano Celiz has recently mounted on the Old Tower or Torre del Obispo photo exhibition "San Onofre in the world", a great success and international significance.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas

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