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Church of the convent of Santa Inés in Sevilla. Picture by José Becerra
Villancicos for the convent of Santa Inés in Seville (1634)

In the Biblioteca Histórica José María Lafragua, in Puebla, there is the only known copy …

Oct. 25, 2023
Jaffa. David Roberts (1839)
Jaffa, seventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Jaffa, seventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Oct. 23, 2023
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by Antonio Blado in Rome (1559)

Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by Antonio Blado in Rome (1559).

Oct. 22, 2023
Convento de la Santísima Trinidad de Valencia
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Valencia

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Santísima Trinidad …

Oct. 21, 2023

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Mass in the place where the mortal remains of Francisco Javier had rested temporaly (1556)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-09-2019

La expedición de Melchor Núñez Barreto, provincial de los jesuitas en India, en su viaje con destino a la misión de Funai (actualmente Ōita, en Japón), llegó a la Isla …

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Reception of the body of Francisco Javier in Goa (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On March 16, 1554, the mortal remains of Francisco Javier from Malacca (Malaysia) arrived in Goa (India). The Jesuit provincial of India, Manuel Núñez Barreto, went to pick them up …

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The meninos órphãos of Lisboa at the Jesuit College of Goa (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-09-2019

On September 5, 1551, the expedition in which the provincial father of the Jesuits of India, Melchor Núñez Barreto, was traveling arrived in Goa. He was accompanied by ten orphans …

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Cantatas and certificates of nuns' profession at Ávila's Sainte Anne monastery

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
12-09-2019

The ceremonies for taking the habit and for solemn or perpetual profession constituted the most important events in the life of a nun. Consequently, they were celebrated with the utmost …

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