Alejandro Romano (1664–1724) was a Jesuit 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. In 1700, Romano succeeded Juan de Ugarte as procurator of the Jesuit missions in New Spain. In 1719, he was promoted to provincial superior, an office he held until 1722.
Romano opposed the founding of the 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.
At the time of his death in 1724, Romano was serving as rector of the Casa Profesa.
References
- ^ Polzer, Charles W. (18 October 2016). Rules and Precepts of the Jesuit Missions of Northwestern New Spain. University of Arizona Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8165-3480-7.
- Dunne, Peter Masten (28 April 2023). Black Robes in Lower California. Univ of California Press. pp. 98, 174, 464. ISBN 978-0-520-31674-4.
- Crosby, Harry W. (1994). Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768. UNM Press. pp. 57, 138. ISBN 978-0-8263-1495-6.
- Díaz, Mónica (1 December 2017). Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico. University of Arizona Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8165-3849-2.
- Gagliano, Joseph A.; Ronan, Charles E. (1997). Jesuit Encounters in the New World: Jesuit Chroniclers, Geographers, Educators and Missionaries in the Americas, 1549-1767. Institutum Historicum S.I. p. 73. ISBN 978-88-7041-350-2.