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Saint Ginés de la Jara (also known as Ginés de la Xara Ginés el Franco Genesius Sciarensis) is a semi-legendary saint of Spain. He is associated with the region surrounding Cartagena of which he is co-patron. A hermitage was founded adjacent to the Mar Menor and ruins of a monastery bearing his name date from before the Moorish conquest of 711 AD that is from the Visigothic era.
