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Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
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Confraternities at the convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 1, 2022

Confraternities at the convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Granada.

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The process of reduction of penitential confraternities in Granada (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 27, 2022

Towards the end of the sixteenth century, the large number of penitential confraternities existing in Granada gave rise to a series of conflicts with the ecclesiastical authorities, who, in a …

Holy Week procession penitential confraternities confraternities project Juan Méndez de Salvatierra (archbishop) Pedro de Castro Cabeza de Vaca y Quiñones (archbishop) Pedro González de Mendoza (archbishop) confraternities cathedral chapter Royal Chancery citizens AAT disciplinants confraternity of the Humility of Jesus of the convent of la Victoria confraternity of the Prayer in the Garden confraternity of the True Cross confraternity of the Anguish and Transfixion of Our Lady and of Saints Ursula and Susana confraternity of the Blood of Christ in the convent of La Merced confraternity of Jesus Nazarene and Saint Helena confraternity of the Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ confraternity of Our Lady of the Head and of the Solitude confraternity of Holy Inspiration of Christ and Nicholas of Tolentino Pedro Guerrero (archbishop) Confraternity of the Holy Cross of the Blood and the Souls of Purgatory convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Minims Franciscans) convent of San Antonio Abad (San Antón) (Regular Third Order) convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Observant Franciscans) church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Calced Mercedarians) convent of los Santos Mártires San Cosme y San Damián (Discalced Carmelites) convent of la Santísima Trinidad (Calced Trinitarians) convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza, third location (Discalced Carmelites) convent of San Agustín (Calced Augustinians) convent of Santa Cruz la Real (Dominicans) cathedral of La Encarnación
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