Fr. Pablo de Moya, de la Regular Observancia de Ntro. P.S. Francisco, ex Lector de Theologia, ex Custodio, ex Ministro Provincial de la de S. Miguel infra Tagum, Theologo de S.M.C. en la Real Junta por la Immaculada Concepcion, Comisario general de todas las provincias y Colegios de America, Visitador y Reformador Apostólico, y siervo, &c. A todos los Religiosos asi Prelados como subditos de [completed in manuscript: Nstro. Apostco. Colegio de Popayan] salud y paz en N.S.J.C. [text begins:] Padres, y Hermanos mios: una multitud de afectos contrarios dividieron hasta ahora .

MOYA, Pablo de, O.F.M.

Published by Issued at Puerto de Santa Maria, N.pr., [in manuscript: 8 July] 1809.

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Folio (30.2 x 20.9 cm.), unbound. Caption title. Small Maltese cross printed at top of first leaf recto. In very good to fine condition. Signed in manuscript by Fr. Pablo de Moya as Comisario General de Yndias. Paper seal on final page, accompanied by manuscript inscription dated 8 November 1809, and manuscript signatures of nine other Franciscan brothers. (2 ll.) *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this document printed in 1809, when Spain was rising against Napoleonic rule and against the French troops stationed in the Peninsula. Fr. Pablo de Moya, as commissary general of all the provinces and colegios of the Franciscan Order in America, condemns Napoleon, whose character is marked by "la doblez, la astucia, la mentira, el engaño." He rails against Napoleon's perfidy at Bayonne, where D. Ferdinand VII was forced to abdicate in favor of his father, who had already abdicated in favor of Napoleon. He laments the events of May 1808 in Madrid, where French troops crushed a popular uprising, even predicting that the events of May 2 will be celebrated in Spanish art. (Goya made them immortal a few years later in companion paintings, The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808.)Moya goes on to urge his fellow Franciscans to be patriotic and loyal to D. Fernando VII, and to encourage their flocks to resist the invaders: "enseñad á los Pueblos lo que deben á la Religion, al Soverano, y á la Patria. terminado el armonioso concierto de los Divinos loores, haced que entone canciones Patrioticas." (f. 2v).The French were only certain of their hold on Spain where they had troops stationed, and it is clearly Moya's intention to rouse opposition not only in Spain but in Spanish possessions around the world: this copy is directed (in manuscript) to the Colegio de Popayan, in the Viceroyalty of New Granada, now in southwestern Colombia. It was issued at Puerto de Santa Maria, near Cadiz and Seville, which became the general headquarters for the French Army during the Peninsular War, under the reign of Joseph Bonaparte (1808-1812).*** Not in Palau, who lists no works by Pedro de Moya. Not in Ayres Magalhães de Sepúlveda, Dicionário bibliográfico da Guerra Peninsular. Not in Biblioteca Pública de Braga, Catálogo do Fundo Barca-Oliveira. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun, which lists no works by this author. Not located in Jisc, which lists no works by this author. KVK (51 databases searched) locates no works by this author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fr. Pablo de Moya, de la Regular Observancia de Ntro. P.S. Francisco, ex Lector de Theologia, ex Custodio, ex Ministro Provincial de la de S. Miguel infra Tagum, Theologo de S.M.C. en la Real Junta por la Immaculada Concepcion, Comisario general de todas las provincias y Colegios de America, Visitador y Reformador Apostólico, y siervo, &c. A todos los Religiosos asi Prelados como subditos de [completed in manuscript: Nstro. Apostco. Colegio de Popayan] salud y paz en N.S.J.C. [text begins:] ...
• Publisher: Issued at Puerto de Santa Maria, N.pr., [in manuscript: 8 July] 1809.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)