Santo Toribio´s apllication for peruvian religious heritage

Authors

  • José Antonio Benito Rodríguez Universidad de Salamanca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2013.v18n2.966

Keywords:

St. Toribio, patrimony, Lima Archbishopric, holiness, building

Abstract

When Juan Pablo II came to Peru, his central conference for the Peruvian bishops was about the four stages
of St. Toribio: his life of holiness, his commitment in the complete education of natives, his commitment
to integration and communion and his close relationship with the papacy. The fourth are like pillars of his
mission and vocations of the Peruvian church builder. This holy father of the American Church, in words
of his first biographer Leon Pinelo: “he didn’t’ waste his time” and he began working the Church, which
he called “the new Christendom of the Indies”. Thirteen diocesan synods, three provincial councils with
his catechetical instruments such as the Trilingual Catechism (in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara) and
the Pastoral visits. Instigator of institutions such as the Santa Clara Seminary or Convent, organizations
as a new association, parishes and towns .During 25 years, they laid the basis of the current Peruvian
religious heritage. This heritage is reflected in the culture of holiness of his contemporaries such as Rose
of Lima and Martin who St. Toribio confirmed, Juan Macias, Francisco Solano and a lot of Blessed
and servants of god who he also helped. But also St. Toribio helped in the building of churches like
the Cathedral, Convents such as Santa Clara and the numerous parishes and chapels, fraternities and
doctrines, dispersed throughout all his archbishop territory.

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Author Biography

José Antonio Benito Rodríguez, Universidad de Salamanca

Diplomado en Educación por la
Universidad de Salamanca, Doctor en Historia de América por la Universidad de
Valladolid (España). Miembro Ordinario de la Asociación Española de Americanistas,
de la sección de Historia del Instituto “Riva/Agüero” y de la Academia Peruana de
Historia de la Iglesia. Profesor principal de Historia de la Universidad Católica Sedes
Sapientiae y director del CEPAC (Centro del Patrimonio Cultural). Profesor asociado
de la Facultad de Teología Pontificia y Civil de Lima. Director del Instituto de Estudios
Toribianos. Profesor de la Facultad de Teología Redemptoris Mater. Ha publicado
25 libros de tema americanista y alrededor de 200 artículos sobre diversos aspectos
de la historia de América, específicamente sobre el Perú virreinal y republicano.
Conduce el programa de televisión “El Puente” en PAX TV y el de “Historias santas
de nuestra historia” en Radio María. Es diplomado en Educación por la Universidad
de Salamanca, Doctor en Historia de América. Miembro Ordinario de la Asociación
Española de Americanistas, de la sección de Historia del Instituto “Riva/Agüero” y de
la Academia Peruana de Historia de la Iglesia. Profesor universitario. Ha publicado
25 libros de tema americanista y alrededor de 200 artículos. Conduce el programa
de televisión “El Puente” en PAX TV y el de “Historias santas de nuestra historia” en
Radio María.

Published

2013-06-01

How to Cite

Benito Rodríguez, J. A. (2013). Santo Toribio´s apllication for peruvian religious heritage. Consensus, 18(2), 63–79. https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2013.v18n2.966

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