04021616 Celebrated author Miguel de Cervantes Franciscan Tertiary
The most famous Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, was a Secular Franciscan. It is a little-known event but of great relevance and that demonstrates very well the importance of the Franciscan Order for Spain and the Hispanic world.
Luís Ruiz Gutiérrez of the Hispanic Association of Franciscan Studies and one of the founding members of the San Francisco in the Americas project has generously provided the following information and image.
On April 2, 1616, Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra professed as a Secular Franciscan Tertiary. The date of when he requested admission and obtained the habit is not known, although it is assumed, due to the customs and norms of the time, that It was the year before the profession, that is, in the year of Grace 1615.
On Saturday, April 23, twenty-one days later, Don Miguel de Cervantes died and was buried the next day in the Convent of the Trinitarian Nuns. His body was transported in a humble coffin on the shoulders of four brothers of the Venerable Third Order of Penance of Saint Francis of Assisi.
On June 8, 1609, his sister Andrea de Cervantes Saavedra and his wife Doña Catalina de Salazar de los Palacios received the habit of Secular Franciscan Tertiaries, professing later on January 10 and June 27, 1610, respectively.
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