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Visit to Jerusalem (1). The Franciscan convent of San Salvador. Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Visit to Jerusalem (1). The Franciscan convent of San Salvador. Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem …

March 14, 2024
San Anton Square. Detail of the Planta del sitio de Canaria. Próspero Casola (1599). Archivo General de Simancas
Proclamation of the execution of the governor of Gran Canaria Pedro de Algaba (1480)

At the end of May 1480, Captain Juan Rejón ordered the public execution of governor …

March 12, 2024
Pastoral visit to the church of San Andrés (1764)
Ceremony of the visits to parish churches in Granada (1764)

The pastoral visit was a perfectly codified ceremony in which the diocesan prelate or his …

March 12, 2024
"Coruña". <em>Descripcion de Espana y de las Costas y Puertos de sus Reynos</em>. Pedro Texeira (1634)
Entry, stay and embarkation of Prince Felipe in La Coruña (1554)

On 27 June 1554, Prince Felipe arrived in La Coruña, where he stayed until 13 …

March 4, 2024

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Japanese dance in celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi (c. 1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-01-2021

After his arrival in Manila in 1590, the Jesuit Pedro Chirino witnesses a dance performed by a group of Japanese in the celebration of Corpus Christi in which they sang …

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Pious endowment of a mass at the altar of Saint Joseph (1771)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-01-2021

Fernando Antonio Carrillo y Acuña, canon of the Cathedral of Seville, instituted the pious endowment of an annual mass on the feast of Saint Joseph, which began to be officiated …

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The baptism of the princess of Bacan on the island of Ternate (1559)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-01-2021

In October 1557, the Jesuit Francisco Vieira arrived in Ternate, one of the Moluccas Islands. Two years later, he wrote a letter to his companions in Portugal in which he …

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Processions for the transfer of the seat of the Inquistion court between Triana and Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-01-2021

The problems and deterioration caused by the floods of the Guadalquivir forced the court of the Inquisition, located in the castle of San Jorge, to move its headquarters on two …

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