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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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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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