(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2012-10-17) Gálvez Peña, Carlos M.
Don Feliciano de Vega y Padilla (1580-1641) was one of the most distinguished members of the Peruvian colonial episcopate in the first half of the seventeenth century, and the only one who, after an outstanding ecclesiastical career, was appointed archbishop of Mexico. His passionate life, professional profile and intellectual production make Don Feliciano an interesting case study in order to understand the complex and tense dynamics of power linking Royal Patronage and the most important religious and political institutions in the city of Lima during the early colonial period. The study of Dr. Vega’s life and work also shedslight on the first generation of colonial intellectuals who debated the rights of Creole subjects. The works written by Bishop Vega constitute some of the first written expressions of the defense of prelacies and offices within the colonial Church, and the debate over the doctrine of Distributive Justice which was used to justify these claims. This article analyzes the relationship between Bishop Vega and the principal viceregal institutions: the university, the archbishopric, the cathedral chapter and the Royal Audience. Finally, it will analyze how Lima’s elite citizens, of which Vega was one, manipulated these institutions.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2012-10-17) Espinoza Rúa, Celes Alonso
This article sheds light on the indirect influence exercised by the Inquisition on the process of beatification of the «servant of God» Nicolas de Ayllon. Through the analysis of his hagiography, written by the Jesuit Bernardo Sartolo, this article will highlight the importance that this literary genre had in the process of establishing his reputation for sanctity. Furthermore, this article examines how the intervention of the Holy Office, which questioned the hagiography and the main witness of the process, Maria Jacinta de Montoya, cast many doubt son the image of the sanctity of Nicolas. The examination led to the discrediting of his reputation as a candidate for sainthood and the suspension of the process.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2012-10-17) González González, Enrique
In 1541 Doctor Juan Negrete arrived in Mexico, the first lay professor of theology, and who was also named the archdeacon of the new cathedral. Twelve years later he participated as the first rector in the inauguration of the Royal University of Mexico, and a few months before he died in 1555 he also taught theology there. Several documents relating to Negrete, many of them unpublished, reveal the internal difficulties which the first bishop and the cathedral chapter experienced as they attempted to lay the basis for the secular aspects of the church. Negrete, instead of being a factor of cohesion in the chapter, was the source ofdivisions and conflicts given his disorderly life style and propensity to speak ill of others and initiate rumors. He created many enemies and instigated proceedings which often led to prison. His case in particular reveals the ambivalent nature of many personalities who participated in the creation of Spanish institutions in the newly conquered lands.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2012-10-17) Pérez, Leticia
This article deals with the interest groups which were spawned by the creation of the first canonries for the Mexican cathedral. The article shows that it was the royal university which gave rise to these interest groups because it viewed those canonries as future occupations for its students and a political means for its own institutional consolidation. Likewise, the text brings out the fact that the cathedral chapter initially opposed the creation of these prebends arguing that they altered the traditional forms of promotion of canons and increased competition, opening the doors to lettered Creoles and brought about the direct intervention of bishops and viceroys in the election of the people that would make up the chapter.