Asociación Mestre Mateo
Galicia Sacred Heritage Route · Santiago de Compostela

07Collegiate Church of Santa María a Maior de Iria Flavia

Padrón · Galicia

In Iria Flavia, an episcopal see older than Compostela and a place linked to the landing of the Apostle’s body. The collegiate church of Santa María a Maior, of medieval origin, keeps the memory of the Jacobean origins, in the land of Rosalía de Castro.

Chronology and style
Early-medieval origins (present fabric 17th–18th c.) · Former Irian see
Ways and routes
CAMINO PORTUGUÉS (PORTUGUESE WAY) · SEA ROUTE OF AROUSA AND ULLA