Dominican Convent, Zaragoza

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The Dominican Convent in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain (Spanish : Convento de Santo Domingo de Zaragoza) is a former Dominican priory.

The remains of Eudoxia Laskarina Asanina, also known as Irene Lascaris are said to lie here. [1]

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References

  1. Angelov, D. The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge / New York 2019, pp. 226–227.