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'''Alejandro Romano''' (1664–1724) was a [[Jesuit]] [[List of missionaries to New Spain|missionary]] in [[New Spain]].
== Biography ==
Romano was born in [[Naples]] in 1664, entered the Society of Jesus in 1680, and took his final vows in 1699.<ref name="polzer">{{cite book |last1=Polzer |first1=Charles W. |title=Rules and Precepts of the Jesuit Missions of Northwestern New Spain |date=18 October 2016 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3480-7 |page=117 |language=en}}</ref> In 1700, Romano succeeded [[Juan de Ugarte]] as procurator of the [[Spanish missions in the Americas|Jesuit missions in New Spain]].<ref name="dunne">{{cite book |last1=Dunne |first1=Peter Masten |title=Black Robes in Lower California |date=28 April 2023 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-31674-4 |pages=98,174,464 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="crosby">{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Harry W. |title=Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768 |date=1994 |publisher=UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-1495-6 |pages=57,138 |language=en}}</ref> In 1719, he was promoted to [[provincial superior]], an office he held until 1722.<ref name="polzer" />
Romano opposed the founding of the [[Convent of Corpus Christi, Mexico City|Convent of Corpus Christi]] in [[Mexico City]] for indigenous women. In a 1723 letter, he argued that native women were disinclined to live in community, had a short attention span, and were incapable of keeping a [[vow of chastity]].<ref name="diaz">{{cite book |last1=Díaz |first1=Mónica |title=Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico |date=1 December 2017 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3849-2 |page=53 |language=en}}</ref>
At the time of his death in 1724, Romano was serving as [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the [[Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa"|Casa Profesa]].<ref name="polzer" /><ref name="gagliano">{{cite book |last1=Gagliano |first1=Joseph A. |last2=Ronan |first2=Charles E. |title=Jesuit Encounters in the New World: Jesuit Chroniclers, Geographers, Educators and Missionaries in the Americas, 1549-1767 |date=1997 |publisher=Institutum Historicum S.I. |isbn=978-88-7041-350-2 |page=73 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Alejandro}}
[[Category:Jesuit missionaries in New Spain]]
[[Category:1664 births]]
[[Category:1724 deaths]]
Okumaya devam et...
'''Alejandro Romano''' (1664–1724) was a [[Jesuit]] [[List of missionaries to New Spain|missionary]] in [[New Spain]].
== Biography ==
Romano was born in [[Naples]] in 1664, entered the Society of Jesus in 1680, and took his final vows in 1699.<ref name="polzer">{{cite book |last1=Polzer |first1=Charles W. |title=Rules and Precepts of the Jesuit Missions of Northwestern New Spain |date=18 October 2016 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3480-7 |page=117 |language=en}}</ref> In 1700, Romano succeeded [[Juan de Ugarte]] as procurator of the [[Spanish missions in the Americas|Jesuit missions in New Spain]].<ref name="dunne">{{cite book |last1=Dunne |first1=Peter Masten |title=Black Robes in Lower California |date=28 April 2023 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-31674-4 |pages=98,174,464 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="crosby">{{cite book |last1=Crosby |first1=Harry W. |title=Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768 |date=1994 |publisher=UNM Press |isbn=978-0-8263-1495-6 |pages=57,138 |language=en}}</ref> In 1719, he was promoted to [[provincial superior]], an office he held until 1722.<ref name="polzer" />
Romano opposed the founding of the [[Convent of Corpus Christi, Mexico City|Convent of Corpus Christi]] in [[Mexico City]] for indigenous women. In a 1723 letter, he argued that native women were disinclined to live in community, had a short attention span, and were incapable of keeping a [[vow of chastity]].<ref name="diaz">{{cite book |last1=Díaz |first1=Mónica |title=Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico |date=1 December 2017 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3849-2 |page=53 |language=en}}</ref>
At the time of his death in 1724, Romano was serving as [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the [[Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa"|Casa Profesa]].<ref name="polzer" /><ref name="gagliano">{{cite book |last1=Gagliano |first1=Joseph A. |last2=Ronan |first2=Charles E. |title=Jesuit Encounters in the New World: Jesuit Chroniclers, Geographers, Educators and Missionaries in the Americas, 1549-1767 |date=1997 |publisher=Institutum Historicum S.I. |isbn=978-88-7041-350-2 |page=73 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Alejandro}}
[[Category:Jesuit missionaries in New Spain]]
[[Category:1664 births]]
[[Category:1724 deaths]]
Okumaya devam et...