This article explores the case of Saint Justin Martyr, whose relics were recently discovered in the convent church of St. Jerome in Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico. This recovery represents an invaluable testimony of the presence of catacomb relics or corpisanti in Puebla during the eighteenth century. Analysis of the authentica and documentary source materials from the Historical Archive of the Vicariate of Rome allows to reconstruct the context of the concession under the conditions of the connections between Rome and New Spain during the eighteenth century through the donations of Giovanni Antonio Guadagni (1674–1759), Cardinal-Vicar of Rome under the government of Pope Clement XII (1730–1740) and Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758).
Sancti Christi Martyris Justini en la Puebla de los Ángeles. La donación y el hallazgo de un mártir de Roma para la Nueva España.
Báez Hernández Montserrat Andrea
2024-01-01
Abstract
This article explores the case of Saint Justin Martyr, whose relics were recently discovered in the convent church of St. Jerome in Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico. This recovery represents an invaluable testimony of the presence of catacomb relics or corpisanti in Puebla during the eighteenth century. Analysis of the authentica and documentary source materials from the Historical Archive of the Vicariate of Rome allows to reconstruct the context of the concession under the conditions of the connections between Rome and New Spain during the eighteenth century through the donations of Giovanni Antonio Guadagni (1674–1759), Cardinal-Vicar of Rome under the government of Pope Clement XII (1730–1740) and Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
