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Society of the Exterminating Angel

Society of the Exterminating Angel

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The Society of the Exterminating Angel was a possibly apocryphal[1] Catholic group in Spain that was created to kill Spanish liberals, founded in 1821. It was revived in 1834 under the presidency of the Bishop of Osma.[2]

The film The Exterminating Angel, by Luis Buñuel, was named after this society.


References

  1. Ortiz, Juan José Sánchez (18 Oct 2010). "El Ángel Exterminador una sociedad secreta clerical de verdugos". Suite 101. Archived from the original on 13 Feb 2011. Retrieved 8 Jun 2011.
  2. Gerald Brenan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War (Canto Classics, 2nd edition, 2014), pg 69

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