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Recceswinth. Other historians call her the wife of
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Domnis sanctis gloriosissimis mihique post Deum fortissimis patronis sanctorum martyrum Iusti et
Pastoris sive sancte Marie et sancti Martini episcopi, quorum basilica, vel monasterium situm est juxta rivulum quod dicitur Molina, sub monte Irago, in confinio Vergidensi, et est fundamentum ipsum
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Fructuoso Abbate, ego Chindasvintux rex and Reciverga regina"
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