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Important 18th-century missionary, born in the town of Petra.
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A rich and powerful brotherhood of Christian military monks (see Templar Gate).
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An legend recounts that over 700 years ago, an Arab boy named Lluc, recently converted to Christianity, discovered the effigy of the Madonna at Lluc (see Monestir de Nostra Senyora de Lluc).
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Another, even longer battle between the Christians and the Moors, this time in Pollença. The town spends a whole year preparing for the event, in which hundreds of youths dress up.
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Setmana Santa (Holy Week) in the capital city is observed by a solemn procession of some 5,000 people parading an icon of the crucified Christ through the streets.
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Beginning in the town of Alaró, a pilgrimage celebrating Mary’s birth heads up the mountain to the hilltop shrine dedicated to the Virgin. The shrine is located near the Castell d’Alaró and has spectacular views.
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The 13th-century mystic founded several religious observances on the island.
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One of Mallorca’s most unusual festivals, in honour of St Anthony, the patron saint of pets. For two days in January in Sa Pobla, pets are led through the town to be blessed outside the church. Elsewhere, dancers drive out costumed devils, to ensure harmony during the coming year, and everyone circles bonfires and eats spicy pastries filled with spinach and marsh eels.
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The island’s only home-grown saint, Santa Catalina Thomàs was born in the 1500s in Valldemossa.
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The name given to the Jews who were coerced by the Inquisition into converting to Catholicism.
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