The young gentleman from Xàtiva Jaime de Malferit, Lord of Aielo and Cairent (“places” of the term of Xàtiva) participated in the Mediterranean wars of Alfonso the Magnanimous with his father and a Majorcan uncle, father of the famous diplomat Mateu Malferit. Like his cousin, Jaime […]
Jacinto Rovira was born in Aielo de Malferit in 1684, son of Juan Bautista Rovira and Isabel Juan Gozalbes. His sibblings were Francisco Jose (1692), Mary Magdalene (1686) and Francisca (1689). The Romances say that as a child he was very fond of guns. When he was […]
José Francisco Ortíz y Sanz “THE DEAN ORTÍZ” Son of farmers, at the age of 12 he went to study with the Jesuits of Ontinyent to later obtain the Bachelor title in Valencia where he also began his training as an draftsman. He earned a doctorate […]
Son of well-placed farmers, he earned a law degree in 1787 and settled in Valencia. In 1792 he was a member of the EDB Government of the Bar. In 1796 he won by opposition the position of civil rapporteur in court and in 1810 was elected […]
Teacher, poet and teacher, he wrote numerous works of poetry and pedagogical theory. The latter include his award-winning work “Schools of the Ave Maria of the Father Manjón” (Award at the Pedagogical Contest of the Valencian Regional Exhibition 1909) and “Why the teacher instructs more than […]
He founded the School Mutual Society, created the School Library and the Museum of schoolwork as well as promoting and achieving that the construction of the School Group and graduation of unitary schools was carried out. Leonardo Carreres Liñana was teacher of Aielo de Malferit in […]
Spainish champion as a lightweight in 1923 and Spainish champion in 1934 as a welterweight. Boxer who fought on 124 occasions between 1922 and 1938, with 66 wins (21 by K.O.), 45 defeats, 10 zero, and 1 no-contest (we do not know the result of 2 […]
A cultured, traveller woman, frequently in social gatherings and exhibitions, thanks to her efforts she got the Municipal Library, which opened in 1952 and second library created in the Vall d’Albaida after that of the Ontinyent. She was the only woman in Spain who took the […]
One of the most admired and recognized composers of this century, he is the author of the official anthem of Aielo de Malferit. His love of music came from a very early age, since his father was the organist of the Church of Aielo. He began his […]
He founded weeklies EL RESTAURADOR and LA PAZ CRISTIANA, which were published continuously for 14 years. Rafael lost his father at age 5. Thanks to the efforts of his mother Justina he was able to study, first at the Colegio de la Concepcion Ontinyent, then at […]
