Feste di canonizzazione nella Sardegna spagnola

PABA, ANTONINA

2015-01-01

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Abstract

This article investigates a handwritten text in Spanish on the festive celebrations of the canonization of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, held in Sassari in 1622. The text is analyzed in the light of the socio-cultural context in which it is inscribed, with particular reference to the Jesuit milieu to which both the initiation of the event and the drafting of the relacion de fiesta can be ascribed. This paper highlights that beyond an apparent loyalty to the events, which are listed following a chronological order and placed on a dual-axis (religious and socio-political) the intention of the anonymous drafter is to create a hierarchy in which he places the munificent benefactors and sponsors of the celebrations. At the same time the author demonstrates the high level of integration achieved by the Society of Jesus in the nearly seventy years of their pedagogical activity in Sassari.