Black Saint of the Americas: the life and afterlife of Martín de Porres
"In May 1962, as the struggle for civil rights heated up in the United States and leaders of the Catholic Church prepared to meet for Vatican Council II, Pope John XXIII named the first black saint of the Americas, the Peruvian Martín de Porres (1579-1639), and designated him the patron of raci...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge Latin American studies
99 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Martín, de Porres 1579-1639
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Christian saints (Peru) Biography
B Martín de Porres, Saint (1579-1639) |
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| Summary: | "In May 1962, as the struggle for civil rights heated up in the United States and leaders of the Catholic Church prepared to meet for Vatican Council II, Pope John XXIII named the first black saint of the Americas, the Peruvian Martín de Porres (1579-1639), and designated him the patron of racial justice. The son of a Spanish father and a former slavewoman from Panamá, Martín served a lifetime as the barber and nurse at the great Dominican monastery in Lima. This book draws on visual representations of Martín and the testimony of his contemporaries to produce the first biography of this pious and industrious black man from the cosmopolitan capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The book vividly chronicles the evolving interpretations of his legend and his miracles, and traces the centuries-long campaign to formally proclaim Martín de Porres a hero of universal Catholicism"-- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The Life: 1. Race and family; 2. The convent and the colonial world; 3. Healing and faith; 4. Death and the heavenly transit; Part II. The Afterlife: 5. Creating a Vida from a life; 6. The miracles; 7. Images in black and white; 8. Sainthood; Conclusion; Appendixes; Bibliography; Endnotes |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (page 267-283) and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 292 S., Ill., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 110703437X |