Los jesuitas de Pamplona y el patronato de San Fermín en la polémica del siglo XVII

Abstract

The issue of who the patron saint of Navarre should be was a question of much debate from the beginning of the XVII century until 1657, when Pope Alexander VII brought an end to the question by proclaiming Saint Fermin and Saint Francisco Javier patron saints of the old kingdom. The city council and the chapter from Pamplona Cathedral’s candidate was Saint Fermin, whereas the local government and the Jesuits proposed Saint Francisco Javier. While the argument in favour of Saint Fermin is well documented, no written evidence of the Jesuits’ position has until now been available. This study contains an extract from an unpublished document deposited in the National Historical Archive in which the Jesuits, on the request of...