DOCUMENTED HISTORIES: JOSÉ MARÍA BLANCO, THE BEATIFICATION OF JESUITS AND THE COLONIAL MARTYRDOM IN AMERICA

• Autor(a) principal: Bohn Martins, Prof. Maria Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Aldemir Nunes, Jefferson
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Canoa do Tempo (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.ufam.edu.br/index.php/Canoa_do_Tempo/article/view/10622
• topic: jesuítas; martírio; historiografia; jesuits; martyrdom; historiography

The events involving the deaths of the Jesuits Martín de Aranda (1612) and Roque Gonzáles (1628) in colonial Chile and Paraguay, respectively, are traditionally known as “martyrdoms”, in representations of different type. We consider, here, that the historiographical texts can be considered as one of the languages ​​by which these events are constructed and narrated and, after the presentation of the picture in which the martyrdoms of Elicura and Caaró-Pirapó took place, we discuss two works related to them, the “Historias Documented” (1929 and 1937) by José María Blanco, placing its content and production conditions linked to the desire to sustain unfinished beatification processes in Rome. We suggest that they allow us to think about the local contexts of the colonial situation, the missions and the life of these Jesuits, as well as their appropriation based on interests and situations specific to the 20th century.