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3 unusual facts about Barraquer


Barraquer

Francisco Vidal y Barraquer (1868–1943), Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tarragona from 1919

Ignacio Barraquer (1884–1965), Spanish ophthalmologist known for his contributions to the advancement of cataract surgery

Jose Barraquer (1916–1998), ophthalmologist who invented the cryolathe and microkeratome and developed keratomileusis and keratophakia


Barraquer

Barraquer–Simons syndrome, rare form of lipodystrophy, which usually first affects the head, and then spreads to the thorax

Pope Pius XI and Spain

Magaz had been ambassador to the Holy See in the late 1920s and had sought to enrol the assistance of Pius XI in the suppression of catalanismo and bizcaitarrismo (Catalan and Basque nationalism)—and the removal of Cardinal Vidal y Barraquer from the Primatial Archiepiscopal seat of Tarragona.


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