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Pelayos (organization)

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Pelayos
Founded1930s
IdeologyCarlism
ColoursRed and White
Mother partyTraditionalist Communion
MagazinePelayos (es)

Pelayos was a Spanish paramilitary youth organization of the Carlist political party Traditionalist Communion during the Second Spanish Republic.

History

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Pelayos was founded by the Carlist movement of Spain during the early 1930s.[1][2][3] The group was named after Pelagius of Córdoba (known as "Pelayo" in Spanish) who was killed as a martyr in 926AD.[3] Members of Pelayos were given pre-military training and indoctrinated into the Carlist beliefs.[3] During the Spanish Civil War, the magazine Pelayos (es) was created to spread Carlist values among Spanish youths.[3]

Song of the Pelayos

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Pelayos in 1936.
Somos niños los Pelayos
mas seremos sin tardar
los soldados más valientes
que a su Patria salvarán.[3]
We are children, the Pelayos
We will be without delay
The very valiant soldiers
That save their Fatherland.

References

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  1. ^ "Carlism Museum". Issuu. Government of Navarre. p. 11. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ Martin, Steven Henry (May 2014). The Commonality of Enemies: Carlism and anarchism in modern Spain, 1868–1937. Ontario, Canada: Trent University. p. 29.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Pelayos" (in Spanish). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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