Publisher's Synopsis
"Imaging Jesuit Sanctity brings together nine papers, originally delivered at a symposium organized at Regis College Toronto, the Jesuit School of Theology in Canada, which focus on various elements of the celebration and reception of the canonization of five saints by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622: the first Jesuits, Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, as well as Phillip Neri, Teresa of Avila, and Isidore the Farmer. This unprecedented event was celebrated not only in Rome but across the globe. Pamela Jones considers the festivities surrounding the canonization of Teresa of Avila held in Goa by the missionaries of her Discalced Carmelite order, who had established their presence in Portuguese India only a few years earlier. André Brouillette also focuses on Teresa of Avila and the shaping of her holy life and crafting of her public persona, as a mystic and foundress of the female Discalced Carmelites. Several essays emphasize vis
