Notable people
Since 1541 the parish has welcomed many people of great historical importance. Some of the most prominent are listed on an inscription in the church’s atrium.
These are some of the names that appear in the parish registers, with the year of their baptism, wedding or death.
Baptisms
- 1579Tirso de Molina
- 1731Ramón de la Cruz
- 1760Leandro Fernández de Moratín
- 1804Luis Candelas
- 1810Mariano Usera
- 1818Francisco Arjona
- 1823Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
- 1829Manuel Tamayo y Baus
- 1832José Echegaray
- 1840Isidoro Fernández Flórez
- 1848Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
- 1882Rafael Gómez Ortega, “el Gallo”
- 1886Jacinto Benavente
- 1889Juan Rafael Mariano Alcocer
- 1891Saint Maravillas de Jesús
Marriages
- 1602Juan de la Cuesta and María Quiñones
- 1677Claudio Coello and Bernarda de las Torres
- 1685José Benito de Churriguera and Isabel Palomares
- 1787Luigi Boccherini and María del Pilar Porretti
- 1829Mariano José de Larra and Josefa Wetoret
- 1835Federico de Madrazo and Luisa Garreta
- 1837Manuel Bretón de los Herreros and Tomasa Andrés
- 1839José Zorrilla and Florentina O’Reilly
- 1843Modesto Lafuente and Concepción Mallado
- 1861Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and Casta Esteban
- 1863Luis de Trelles and Adelaida Cuadrado
- 1867Mariano Fortuny and Cecilia de Madrazo
- 1873Alberto Aguilera and Concepción Córdova
- 1875Carlos de Haes and Inés Carrasco
- 1875José Canalejas and María Saint-Aubin
- 1885Práxedes Mateo Sagasta and Ángela Vidal
- 1900Ramón Menéndez Pidal and María Goyri
- 1907Ramón del Valle-Inclán and Josefina Blanco
- 1911Rafael Gómez Ortega and Pastora Imperio
- 1959Antonio Buero Vallejo and Victoria Rodríguez
Deaths
- 1616Miguel de Cervantes
- 1635Lope de Vega
- 1639Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
- 1644Luis Vélez de Guevara
- 1725José Benito de Churriguera
- 1767Luis Salvador Carmona
- 1788Francisco Moradillo
- 1811Juan de Villanueva
- 1842José de Espronceda
- 1865Ventura de la Vega
- 1882Santiago Masarnau
- 1936Víctor Morelli
- 1954Jacinto Benavente
- 1968Manuel Herranz Establés