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Meaning of the term “Who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat”

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By AndaluNet on 05/03/2018

Who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat

From where he begins to remember, in Spain, It is widely used expression: – Who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat. To refer to someone loses possession left unattended for having neglected or.

The origin of this expression is found in the fifteenth century, in a clash between Alonso de Fonseca Old and Alonso de Fonseca el Mozo. They are each uncle and nephew, besides being archbishop of Seville and Santiago de Compostela.

At that time, Santiago de Compostela lived difficult times, so nephew Alfonso de Fonseca asked him to help his uncle experienced that were to Santiago to impart order. So that he could take possession of the archbishop's chair again when everything had calmed. While, he, would keep “the chair” his uncle in Seville.

So did the Old Anfonso Fonseca, and after completing his mission successfully he headed back to Seville. And so reoccupy his position as archbishop of Seville. But met with surprise that when arriving to restore her position, his nephew did not want to return it. Being derived from the confrontation King Henry IV and the Holy Pope of Rome. Whose interventions were necessary to Alonso Fonseca Old recover the papal chair Sevilla.

You know from where the phrase've mentioned many times in familares meetings and meeting with friends. Insurance expression you mentioned when there were few seats in a room and you had to be careful to sit in the place of someone, when it stood for something and left her empty seat but with the intention of returning. So remember that who went to Sevilla, he lost his seat.