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Blessing and transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the church of the Society of Jesus in Cordoba (1556)

On 28 June 1556, Leopoldo de Austria, Bishop of Cordoba, blessed the new church of …

Jan. 2, 2022
Toledo gate
The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and …

Dec. 31, 2021
Main chapel of the church of San Juan de los Reyes
Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes

Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes.

Dec. 30, 2021
<em>Triunfante resurrección de un alma...</em>. Huesca: Ventura de Larumbe, 1721
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of San Alberto in Calatayud

In 1721, three villancicos were sung in the Carmelite convent of St. Albert, in Calatayud …

Dec. 29, 2021

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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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