Alejandro Romano (missionary)
Alejandro Romano (1664–1724) was a Jesuit missionary in New Spain.
Biography[edit]
Romano was born in Naples in 1664, entered the Society of Jesus in 1680, and took his final vows in 1699.[1] In 1700, Romano succeeded Juan de Ugarte as procurator of the Jesuit missions in New Spain.[2][3] In 1719, he was promoted to provincial superior, an office he held until 1722.[1]
Romano opposed the founding of the Convent of Corpus Christi in Mexico City for indigenous women. In a 1723 letter, he argued that native women were disinclined to live in community, had a short attention span, and were incapable of keeping a vow of chastity.[4]
At the time of his death in 1724, Romano was serving as rector of the Casa Profesa.[1][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Polzer, Charles W. (18 October 2016). Rules and Precepts of the Jesuit Missions of Northwestern New Spain. University of Arizona Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8165-3480-7.
- ^ Dunne, Peter Masten (28 April 2023). Black Robes in Lower California. Univ of California Press. pp. 98, 174, 464. ISBN 978-0-520-31674-4.
- ^ Crosby, Harry W. (1994). Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768. UNM Press. pp. 57, 138. ISBN 978-0-8263-1495-6.
- ^ Díaz, Mónica (1 December 2017). Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico. University of Arizona Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8165-3849-2.
- ^ Gagliano, Joseph A.; Ronan, Charles E. (1997). Jesuit Encounters in the New World: Jesuit Chroniclers, Geographers, Educators and Missionaries in the Americas, 1549-1767. Institutum Historicum S.I. p. 73. ISBN 978-88-7041-350-2.