Gracián, Girolamo della Madre di Dio redirects here.
Also known as:
Jerome Gracián, Jerome Gratian;
Spanish: Gerónimo Gracián, Jerónimo Gracián, Jerónimo Gracián de la Madre de Dios;
Italian: Girolamo Gracián;
Latin: Hieronymus a Matre Dei
JEROME OF THE MOTHER OF GOD. - Discalced Carmelite, in the world G. García (which a defective pronunciation changed to Gracián), b. at Valladolid on 6 June 1545, d. at Brussels on 21 Sept. 1614. Spiritual director of St. Teresa of Jesus and her close collaborator in organizing the Carmelite reform, he was the first superior (1581-85) of the new reformed province; but later, because of disagreements with his successor on account of his great activity, he was dismissed from the Order (1592).
He went to Rome to defend himself, but to no effect. Returning from Naples to Rome, he was taken prisoner by pirates and taken to Bisetta and to Tunis (1593-95). Once freed, Clement VIII sent him back to Africa (1595) to preach the Jubilee there, and on his return, by apostolic brief (6 March 1596) he was numbered among the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, among whom he continued to lead the reformed Carmelite life. Besides having sent (1584) the first Carmelite missionaries of the nascent reform into the Kingdom of the Congo, Fr. G. carried on a great activity through his works, printed several times, namely: Estimulo de la propagación de la Fe (Lisbon 1586, Naples 1593, Madrid 1603, 1604, Brussels 1609) and Tradado de la redención de cautivos (Rome 1597, Madrid 1603, 1604, Brussels 1609), as well as through his memorials to induce the Pope to institute a special congregation of cardinals for the missions. But this missionary idea of his within the Carmel had full success only in the Italian branch of the reformed Carmel. Besides the works mentioned, he wrote many treatises on ascetics and mysticism. All his writings have been published anew by Silverio di S. Teresa (3 vols., Burgos 1932-33).
Bibliography3 worksG. Goyau, Jérôme Gratien de la Mère de Dieu et Dominique de J. M. aux origines de la propagande, in Etudes Carm., 18 (1933), pp. 23-50; Silv
BIBL.: G. Goyau, Jérôme Gratien de la Mère de Dieu et Dominique de J. M. aux origines de la propagande, in Etudes Carm., 18 (1933), pp. 23-50; Silverio de S. Teresa, Hist. del Carmen Descalzo en España, VI, Burgos 1937, pp. 102, 297-642; Ambrosius a S. Teresa, Bio-Bibliographia Missionaria Ord. Carm. Disc., Rome 1940, nos. 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 63, 64, 78, 88, 95, 111, 442, 1251, 1522.
Gabriele di S. Maria Maddalena - Ambrogio di S. Teresa
Gabriele di Santa Maria Maddalena and Ambrogio di Santa Teresa. “Girolamo della Madre di Dio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 665–666. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/girolamo-della-madre-di-dio.
MLA
Gabriele di Santa Maria Maddalena and Ambrogio di Santa Teresa. “Girolamo della Madre di Dio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 665–666. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/girolamo-della-madre-di-dio.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_girolamo_della_madre_di_dio,
author = {Gabriele di Santa Maria Maddalena and Ambrogio di S. Teresa},
title = {Girolamo della Madre di Dio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {665--666},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/girolamo-della-madre-di-dio}
}
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