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Title: Canción Elejiaca a la muerte del Sr. Dr José Maria Gruesso, y a la ausencia del Sr. Dr. Manuel José Mosquera
Creator: M.C.L.
Publication Info: Popayán : Imprenta de la Universidad, 1835.
Physical Details: 29 8/10 x 22 5/10 cm

Summary: Anonymous M.C.L. author writes an elegy to the recenty defunct Canon of Popayán, José Maria Gruesso. Poem contains political overtones criticizing new Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera
Historical Notes: Manuel José Mosquera, brother of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, was a controversial Archbishop. He had many critics, most notably Canon Manuel Fernández, who accused J.M. Mosquera of being appointed Archbishop only because of his brother T.C. de Mosquera's political connections. Salcedo Martinez, Jorge Enrique. Las vicisitudes de los jesuitas en Colombia: hacia una historia de la Compañía de Jesús, 1844-1861. Primera edición. Bogotá, D.C.: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2014.

Subject(s): Church and state -- Colombia -- History -- 19th century
Mosquera, Manuel José, 1800-1853
Colombian poetry -- 19th century
Catholic Church -- Colombia -- Clergy

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00304
Record Number: 429