Abstract

MARIN TAMAYO, John Jairo. The inscription of ecclesiastical power in the early colonial order. The struggle for the administration of the San Sebastian Hospital in Cartagena de Indias. memorias [online]. 2020, n.41, pp.42-64.  Epub May 14, 2021. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.41.262.

By the end of the 16th century, Cartagena entered an important period of urban development promoted by the governor Pedro Fernández de Busto, a period that coincides with the nomination of Fray Dionisio de Sanctis as the new bishop of the diocese. Five months after his arrival in the city, in May 1575, the prelate begged the king to pronounce in the case of the administration of the San Sebastian Hospital, which had been in the hands of his predecessors, but after a long period of vacancy in the bishopric, this was assumed by the Cabildo of the city. Without having received any response from the Crown, the bishop decided to file a legal appeal with the governor of the province to try to recover the rights of patronage and administration of the said hospital. The objective of this article is to examine the documents of the lawsuit filed by Dionisio de Sanctis against the Cabildo of the city of Cartagena and from there establish the reasons that motivated the prelate to claim the right of administration and visit to the Hospital San Sebastian. This examination allows us to understand, from a local perspective, the role they played and the mechanisms used by the bishops in the search for solutions to the jurisdictional conflicts they had with the civil authorities.

Keywords : Dionisio de Sanctis; New Kingdom of Granada; colonial hospitals; Cartagena de Indias; Dominicans.

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