Fourth century Spanish church thought to have been synagogue

(JNS) — A building long thought to be a fourth-century church in the Ibero-Roman city of Castulo may be one of the oldest synagogues discovered on the Iberian Peninsula, National Geographic reported on Monday, citing an archaeological study published last month.

Near modern-day Linares, in the province of Jaén, about 160 miles south of Madrid, archaeologists digging in Castulo encountered several ritual objects that they associated with Jewish worship.

Some researchers believe that the Synagoga Mayor in Barcelona is the oldest synagogue in Iberia and in Europe, dating sometime between the thir...