Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic WorldMiracles, Devotional Objects, and the Transformation of Canonization in the Cause of Ignatius of Loyola
Book contents
- Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic World
- Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1To Portray a Founder, 1540–1593
- Chapter 2The Miracle Collector of Madrid, 1593–1601
- Chapter 3News From Guadiana and Lima, 1602–1610
- Chapter 4Engraving a Thaumaturge in Antwerp, 1610
- Chapter 5Infants and Impressions in Transpacific New Spain, 1610–1622
- Conclusion
- Long descriptions
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2026
Book contents
- Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic World
- Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1To Portray a Founder, 1540–1593
- Chapter 2The Miracle Collector of Madrid, 1593–1601
- Chapter 3News From Guadiana and Lima, 1602–1610
- Chapter 4Engraving a Thaumaturge in Antwerp, 1610
- Chapter 5Infants and Impressions in Transpacific New Spain, 1610–1622
- Conclusion
- Long descriptions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In 1790, a printer in Barcelona published a booklet to guide the reader in eight days’ worth of prayers for Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491–1556) starting on his feast day (31 July). Known as both the founder of the Society of Jesus and the preparer of the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius had been canonized in 1622, a procedure in which the pope together with the Congregation of Sacred Rites (hereafter CSR) and the Roman Rota determined a candidate’s sainthood. Witness testimonies supplied evidence of the exemplary virtues and the miracle-working of an aspiring saint. While a global religious order, the Society or Jesuits as they are also known, experienced an immense change of fortune by 1790. At the time of the booklet’s publication, the organization was outlawed in Spanish dominions and suppressed by papal decree. The veneration of Ignatius, however, persisted as seen in this small tome, which included a rudimentary image to accompany the text containing prayers and snippets of biographical detail. This was one of many specimens from a genre published regularly during the eighteenth century in Spain and Mexico.
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- Sainthood in the Early Modern Hispanic WorldMiracles, Devotional Objects, and the Transformation of Canonization in the Cause of Ignatius of Loyola, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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