How to Finance a Counter-Reformation Saint

The Alms for the Canonisation of Isidore Agricola and Ferdinand III, 1592–1688

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ID10080435
AuthorsEduardo Ángel Cruz (0000-0003-1103-9851, E Ink (South Korea), corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume74
Issue4
Pages753-773
Publication date2023-06-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022046923000064
OpenAlexW4380482647
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

The paths to sainthood of the cults of Isidore Agricola and Ferdinand III exhibit a unique phenomenon of collaboration across the Spanish empire for the canonisation of multiple Counter-Reformation saints. An analysis of their financial records may reveal a network of alliances that could account for the overwhelming number of Iberian saints canonised in the seventeenth century. The role of Spanish America in the construction of a renewed imperial identity is also examined, demonstrating that it capitalised on the urgency of these devotions to advance its own cults while arguing for the centrality of their territories to the expansion of Catholicism

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Counter-Reformation · Empire · Identity (music · Phenomenon · Roman Empire · SAINT · Classics · Early Modern Women Writers · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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