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Our Lady of Peace. Attributed to Diego de Mora (1709). Picture by Mercedes Castillo
Confraternities at the church of San Cecilio in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Cecilio in Granada.

June 5, 2022
<em>Cantica B. Virginis vulgo Magnificat</em>. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Roma, 1581
Arrival of books of Tomás Luis de Victoria at the cathedral of Segovia (1582)

The news of the arrival in 1582 at the Segovia cathedral chapter of some music …

May 30, 2022
Coat of arms of the Dukes of Medinaceli. Cogolludo Palace (Guadalajara)
Trumpets and drums in the service of Juan de la Cerda, 2nd Duke of Medinaceli (1534-1543)

Two payrolls listing the large group of trumpets and drums of Juan de la Cerda, …

May 27, 2022
church of the Trinitarios descalzos
Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the new church of the Discalced Trinitarians in Salamanca (1667)

Following the completion of the work on the new church of the Discalced Trinitarians in …

May 23, 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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