1622, the Fatal Year for the Discalced Carmelites: The Canonisation of Teresa, the Crystallisation of Conventual Typologies, and the Reinvention of Iconography

1622 was a crucial year for the Discalced Carmelite Order. This essay intends to highlight and connect a series of events surrounding the fateful canonisation of the foundress Teresa of Ávila on 12 March 1622. On 6 January of that year, the Congregation of Propaganda Fide had been founded with the f...

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Subtitles:"Pillars of a Sacred World The 1622 Canonizations and the Rise of Modern Catholic Sanctity; Guest Editors: Franco Motta and Eleonora Rai"
Main Author: Sturm, Saverio 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-373
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBJ Italy
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
Further subjects:B Church of Santa Maria della Scala
B Discalced Carmelites
B Gian Lorenzo Bernini
B Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
B St. Teresa of Ávila
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