Jativa, or XATIVA, SAN FELIPE DE, a town of Spain, 35 miles by rail SSW. of Valencia. As the Setabis of the Romans it was famous for its linen manufactures. It was a Moorish town until taken from them by Jayme I. in 1224. Here was born the painter Ribera (Lo Spagnoletto) in 1588. It was also the home of the notorious Borgia (Borja) family. Pop. 15,000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 292
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