Editing Francis of Assisi (section)

===Travels===
Determined to bring the Gospel to all peoples and let God convert them, Francis sought on several occasions to take his message out of Italy. In approximately 1211, a [[captain]] of the [[Medrano|Medrano family]] held the lordship of the castle and town of [[Agoncillo, La Rioja|Agoncillo]], situated near the city of [[Logroño]], in the region of [[La Rioja]], Spain. Medrano's son was suffering from a mysterious and untreatable ailment. In 1211, Saint Francis of Assisi roamed those very paths of Agoncillo.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jzYg5AN1x28C&q=Medrano |title=Revista Hidalguía número 9. Año 1955 |publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia |pages=181–182 |language=es}}</ref> In a saintly manner, he visited Medrano's [[Castle of Aguas Mansas|Agoncillo castle]], placed his mystical hands upon the ailing boy and [[Miracle|miraculously]] healed him, securing the Medrano lineage in Agoncillo.<ref name=":2">Recoge esta historia, entre otros, D. Cesáreo Goicoechea en "Castillos de la Rioja, Logroño, 1949, y Fray Domingo Hernáez de Torres en "Primera parte de la Crónica ·[franciscana] de la Provincia de Burgos". Madrid, 1772.</ref><ref name=":1" />  

The Medrano family generously donated some land, including a tower, situated close to the [[Ebro|Ebro River]] within the city of [[Logroño]] as a gift to Saint Francis, where he established the first Spanish [[convent]] of his Order there.<ref name=":1" /> By the late 14th century, [[Diego López de Medrano, Lord of Agoncillo]], royal steward and ambassador to  [[John I of Castile]], established a hereditary chaplaincy in the main [[chapel]] of the Monastery of San Francisco in Logroño.<ref name=":3">Government of Spain. ''Perpetual Chaplaincy of Diego López de Medrano. Order of the Franciscans.'' https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/4016417
</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Informe del patronato de la capellanía perpetua fundada por Diego López de Medrano en la capilla principal del Monasterio de San Francisco de Logroño, de la que son patrones la casa de Agoncillo. |url=https://www.europeana.eu/da/item/2048340/providedCHO_ES_SNAH_45168_UD_4016289_ES_SNAH_45168_UD_4016289___ES_SNAH_45168_UD_4016417 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.europeana.eu |language=da-DK}}</ref> The Medrano family held perpetual ecclesiastical patronage over the site, which functioned both as a center of worship and as a dynastic [[Cemetery|burial ground]]. This act formalized the family’s long-standing devotion to Saint Francis of Assisi. Although the convent met its demise in the 19th century, the remnants of its walls remain.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Rioja |first=El Día de la |date=2024-02-19 |title=Un convento de armas tomar |url=https://www.eldiadelarioja.es/noticia/z2dfd573c-eb33-bb3e-d4393945f387190a/202402/un-convento-de-armas-tomar |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=El Día de la Rioja |language=spanish}}</ref> As a result, the Medrano family, lords of Agoncillo, are distinguished by their devotion to Saint Francis of Assisi.<ref name=":2" />

On 29 March 1537, Maundy Thursday, the ''Cofradía de la Santa Vera Cruz'' was established within the Convent of San Francisco in Logroño—then under the patronage of the House of Medrano.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> According to records from the Diocesan Historical Archive, this confraternity—one of the oldest in the region—had its own chapel inside the convent. The guardian of the convent served as the chaplain of the cofradía, and the Franciscan community was considered part of the brotherhood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEMANA SANTA DE LOGROÑO |url=https://www.hermandadcofradiaslogrono.org/semana-santa-de-logrono |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=web-hermandad |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La Semana Santa de Logroño, una fiesta con mucho interés - Visita Logroño - Logroño |url=https://visitalogrono.com/-/la-semana-santa-de-logrono-una-fiesta-con-mucho-interes |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Visita Logroño |language=es-ES}}</ref> The Convent of San Francisco in Logroño enjoyed both royal favor and ecclesiastical prominence throughout its history. It was exempted from municipal taxes, held [[jurisdiction]] over its own lands and dependencies, and maintained close ties to the monarchy.<ref name=":4" />