Catástrofes naturales, siniestralidad y disputas entre el clero regular y secular de Gáldar

Célebre fue el convento franciscano de Gáldar por sus estudios y la labor que realizaron los frailes en las parroquias y ermitas de su jurisdicción. Emplazado en un paraje de exuberante belleza y quietud, constituyó el escenario propicio para la oración y la meditación de los religiosos que moraron en sus celdas, donde vivieron en armonía en el ejercicio de sus ocupaciones espirituales y terrenales. Sin embargo, la paz y el sosiego fueron perturbados en numerosas ocasiones debido a catástrofes asociadas a fenómenos naturales: incendios, tormentas y diluvios, plagas y epidemias. En otras era la propia realidad por la supremacía del lugar la que enfrentaba al clero regular y secular, así como el pleito político local que se tornó en rivalidad entre las cofradías. La participación de miembros de la orden en la usurpación clandestina de tierras, los procesos inquisitoriales abiertos a miembros de la comunidad y la lucha por mantener la soberanía real —inmunidad eclesiástica, refugio a sagrado— contribuyeron también a la ruptura y armonía de los clausurales, desviándoles del mensaje que les llevó a instalarse en esta parte norte de Gran Canaria«Natural disasters, work-related accidents and disputes between the regular and secular clergy at Gáldar». The Gáldar convent of the Franciscan was famous for his studies and the work that made the friars in parishes and chapels in their jurisdiction. Located in an area of lush beauty and serenity, it was the stage for prayer and meditation on the religious who lived in their cells, where they lived in harmony in the exercise of their spiritual and earthly occupations. However, peace and tranquility was disturbed on several occasions due to disasters associated with natural phenomena such as fires, storms, storms, floods, plagues and epidemics. In others it was the reality for the supremacy of the place which faced the regular and secular clergy and the local political dispute that turned into rivalry between the fraternities. The participation of members of the order in illegal encroachment of land, inquisitorial open to members of the community and the struggle to maintain real soberany —church immunity, a sacred refuge— also contributed to the breakdown and harmony of the cloistered, deviating them from the message that took them to settle in the northern part of Gran Canaria

Inquisition trial against guardian father fray Manuel de Espinosa due to a crime solicitation, 1793

Los procesos emprendidos por el Santo Oficio de la Inquisición en Canarias en contra del religioso franciscano Fray Manuel de Espinosa constituyeron un capítulo más del conflicto jurisdiccional entablado entre regulares y seculares, que agitaron la vida institucional de la Iglesia en Canarias. Respondiendo así a las órdenes dadas por la autoridad eclesiástica de denunciar y perseguir los delitos en materia de fe para atajar los actos de lujuria y sexualidad incontrolada de conventuales, debidos, entre otros motivos, a la ruptura de las reglas de la clausura y a los escándalos provocados por la conducta irregular de los regulares en su vida pública y privada. Imaginarios o no, lo que consiguieron los sumarios fue minar el prestigio de la vida conventual, contribuyendo de manera involuntaria al fortalecimiento de la política regalista y a la visión que de las órdenes religiosas tenían la ilustración y los ilustrados.The processes undertaken by the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the Canaries against the Franciscan religious Fray Manuel Espinosa, formed a chapter of the conflict established between regular courts and secular, which shook the institutional life of the Church in the Canary Islands. Responding to orders given by the Church authorities to denounce and prosecute crimes in matters of faith to address acts of sexual lust and uncontrolled conventual due, among other reasons, to break the rules for the closure and scandals caused by the misconduct of its regular public and private life. Imaginary or not, what got the summaries was undermining the prestige of the conventual life, inadvertently contributing to the strengthening of political and regalista vision of religious orders had the illustration and illustrated

The official receiver figure in the Franciscan Order and his mediatic role in the convent of Saint Anthony of Padua in Gáldar Village (1520-1835)

El síndico, como administrador, ejerció un papel esencial dentro del sistema jerárquico tradicional de la orden franciscana que, con la autorización de la silla apostólica, la aprobación de los Reverendos Padres Provinciales y el consentimiento de los Padres Guardianes, fiscalizó el funcionamiento de los conventos, gestionó sus recursos y protegió sus intereses gastando los caudales a voluntad de la comunidad. Su carácter laico permitió a los religiosos dedicar parte del tiempo al estudio y al trabajo manual, a la huerta y a las obligaciones evangélicas y pastorales, conservando, en la práctica, la pobreza, cumpliendo así con una de sus reglas, la de no poseer bienes materiales, sino el usufructo en pago a los servicios que realizaban en cada demarcación territorial. Por su parte, el síndico afianzaba así su condición social, a la vez que disponía de una posición privilegiada para aumentar su patrimonio y asegurar su salvación eterna.The official receiver, as an administrator, played an essential role within the traditional and hierarchical system of the Franciscan Order that, with the permission of the Apostolic Chair, the approval of the Provincial and Reverend Fathers and the consent of the Guardian Fathers, controlled the functioning of the convents, they negotiated their resources, and they protected their interests, spending their wealth as the community wishes. Its lay character permitted the religious members to dedicate part of their time to study and to handcraft, gardening and to evangelic and pastoral obligations, keeping practically poverty and fulfilling one rule, that is not to possess material goods but only the usufruct in order to pay the services they realized in each district. Respect to the official receiver, so he guaranteed his social condition, and at the same time he had at his disposal a privilege position to increase his patrimony and secure his eternal salvation

Patronazgo y fundación del vínculo de Hoya de Pineda en el convento de San Antonio de Padua de la villa de Gáldar y de sus lugares (1520-1835)

El interés por evangelizar las Islas Canarias condujo a las órdenes monásticas a fundar iglesias y casas conventuales, buscando los mejores emplazamientos y recurriendo a los favores de conquistadores, hacendados y feligreses. En la parte noroeste de Gran Canaria, los franciscanos optaron por un solar próximo a las villas de Gáldar y de Guía para fundar en 1520 el Monasterio de San Antonio de Padua, desde el cual controlaron y llevaron a cabo con esmero sus inquietudes evangelizadoras, auxiliando y proporcionando con regularidad los oficios religiosos a las villas de Gáldar y de Guía, al Lugar de Agaete, la Aldea de San Nicolás y a los núcleos de Artenara y Tejeda. Esta monografía, que forma parte de una serie de trabajos sobre la comunidad franciscana en Canarias, presenta al lector una escueta y fiel reseña biográfica de los patronos que poseyeron el privilegio de ostentar el patronato, de los bienes y tributos del mayorazgo así como los derechos y prerrogativas inherentes a dicha institución; asegurándoles ante el anonimato el recuerdo, el nombre y los apellidos.The interest to evangelise The Canary Islands led monastic orders to found conventual churches and houses, looking for the best location and appealing the favours of conquerors, land-owners and parishioners. In the North-West of Gran Canaria, the Franciscans chose a building site near both Villages Gáldar and Guía in order to found Saint Anthony’s de Padua Monastery from which they controlled and carried out their evangelist anxieties with the greatest care, regularly helping and providing religious officium to the Villages of Gáldar an Guía, the Place of Agaete and the parish Village of Saint Nicolas and the settlements of Artenara and Tejeda. This monograph, which takes part of several works about the Franciscan community in the Canaries, offers the reader a short and faithful biographic outline on the land tributes of the entailed estates and also the rights and prerogatives attached to that institution, making secure that they will never be anonymous, that their name and surnames will be recalled

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