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.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/28459/1/RHM_29.pdf

Resource type: Historical source

Source: Dominguez Molto, Antonio: Vicente Olcina, fabulista, Luis Olcina, misionero. Publicaciones de la Cajade Ahorros Provincial, Alicante, 1984, parte I, p. 295, en: José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli: Op. Cit.,Madrid, 2000, p. 90.

Language: Spanish

Owner: Djebril Bouzidi (Modernalia)

Identifier: Dominguez Molto, Antonio: Vicente Olcina, fabulista, Luis Olcina, misionero. Publicaciones de la Cajade Ahorros Provincial, Alicante, 1984, parte I, p. 295, en: José Antonio Ferrer Benimeli: Op. Cit.,Madrid, 2000, p. 90.

Abstract: Statements by a ship's skipper collected by the Alicante Jesuit Vicente Olcina

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