Exilio - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:16:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Exilio - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Vicente Olcina, fabulist, Luis Olcina, missionary https://historylab.es/vicente-olcina-fabulist-luis-olcina-missionary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vicente-olcina-fabulist-luis-olcina-missionary Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:29 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vicente-olcina-fabulista-luis-olcina-misionero/ Statements by a ship's skipper collected by the Alicante Jesuit Vicente Olcina

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]]> These words, recorded by the Jesuit Vicente Olcina as he was transported on one of those interminable journeys into exile, sum up perfectly the situation of the Jesuits after they were banished. The human drama that the expulsion of the Jesuits entailed even extended to the Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru, where the Creoles of this order were forced to abandon the Indies. In Europe, displacements were continuous as they were expelled from all Catholic territories. The situation reached such a point that even in Rome they were no longer welcome. Especially after the arrival of Pope Clement XIV, who belonged to the Franciscans, a rival branch. These misfortunes were compounded by the ruin and poverty of most Jesuits, who were deprived of any income to support themselves. In the end, they found refuge in the Austrian Empire, which was the only Catholic territory that did not persecute them. They also settled in the Russian Empire, which, despite its orthodox affiliation, allowed them to reorganise.

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