1922 - 1975
Antonio Bienvenida
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Details
| Birthday |
25th June, 1922
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| Birthplace |
Caracas, Venezuela
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| Died |
7th October, 1975
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| Place of Death |
Madrid, Spain
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Occupation Text |
Bullfighter
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| Year(s) Active |
1939–1974
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Antonio Mejías Jiménez (25 June 1922 – 7 October 1975), better known as Antonio Bienvenida, was a Venezuelan-born Spanish bullfighter who belonged to the Bienvenida bullfighting dynasty. Eleven times he came out, borne on his fellow bullfighters' shoulders, through the Great Gate at Las Ventas (a great honour in the bullfighting world) as one of the most important bullfighting figures of the 1950s. Among bullfighting aficionados, the Bienvenida dynasty has been one of the most glorious in tauromachy's history. It was founded by Manuel Mejías Rapela Bienvenida, nicknamed "El Papa Negro" ("The Black Pope"), itself a nickname for the superior general of the Society of Jesus, and in this case, it was meant to distinguish him from the head of the bullfighting "church", Ricardo Torres Reina "Bombita".
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