Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi en la literatura espiritual española

Resumen

Fr. Pablo Mª Garrido († 2015) published in 2000 a work in which he investigated the resonance of the Italian Carmelite saints in the  Spanish spiritual literature. Now, in this article, he attempts to demonstrate, using sources of the period and the Castilian literature,  that the influence of St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi is undeniable. After her beatification in 1626, and her canonization in 1669, around  the Spanish geography, manifestations of worship and devotion to this Florentine ecstatic mystical nun started to spread, as well as  pious and devotional publications. We can underline the baroque hagiographies, sermons of the celebrations of the beatification and  canonization, and the subsequent translation of her writings. One observation is evident, according to the author: despite the alleged  favorable reception that the figure of St. Magdalen de’ Pazzi had in the Iberian lineage, we find out that there is still no translation of  her writings into Spanish.