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Convent of the Ángel Custodio
Confraternities at the convent of Ángel Custodio in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Ángel Custodio.

Dec. 7, 2022
Dominican convent. Santo Domingo (Republica Dominicana)
First bells for the convent of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola (1512-1514)

After the arrival of the Dominicans in Hispaniola in 1510, the crown granted the Order …

Nov. 29, 2022
The new cathedral of Salamanca
Sebastián de Vivanco and celebrations organized by the University of Salamanca for the feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1618

In 1618, the faculty of Salamanca University agreed to a statute that would bind them …

Nov. 19, 2022

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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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