Talk:Holy Child of La Guardia

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El Santo Niño de La Guardia

In the text we can read that this niño (child) was sacrificed in the north-western Spanish province of Pontevedra (Galicia). The real thing is that this little town belongs to the province o Toledo, in Castille, in the center of Spain.

From what I understand, the said La Guardia didn't even exist at the time. Apparently, it was made up accusations, and the town where the ritualistic murder was said to have happened never existed, either. So, the accusations could have placed this town into the north-western part of Spain, as it would be unrelated to the actual town in Toledo.

According to James Reston's book (The Dogs of God), the historical accounts of the time describe the murder as having taken place in Toledo which indicates that at least the people of the time believed it to have taken place there. Also, La Guardia, Toledo, Spain was in existence since the XII century according to the Spanish Wikipedia and so it would predate the case of the Holy Child by at least 200 years. It is therefore my educated opinion that the article should stay as it is. Besides, it is clear in the article that the murder probably never happened and so the location of it is not WHERE IT HAPPENED like in most articles but WHERE IT IS/WAS BELIEVED IT HAPPENED.Bernalj90 00:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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I edited it to clear up that even the alleged confessions were claimed to be obtained under torture; I changed it to an ALLEGED murder; I also linked to blood libel. I think it's pretty fully justifiable. The story is an example of anti-semitic blood libel; to continue to report a patently false story as though it were true is to continue that blood libel. Phillip (talk) 04:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)