La Guerra Nacional y La Peste que originaron una devoción

This paper addresses the sworn promise to the "Dulce Nombre del Niño Jesús" initiated circa 1856 as a response to the colera morbus pest that started in Costa Rica after the Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua on April, 11 1856. Costa Rica was at war with the filibuster army organized by U.S. Willi...

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Autor: Le Franc Ureña, Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24053
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/24053
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:National War
colera morbus
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
religiosity
Guerra Nacional
religiosidad
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Sumario:This paper addresses the sworn promise to the "Dulce Nombre del Niño Jesús" initiated circa 1856 as a response to the colera morbus pest that started in Costa Rica after the Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua on April, 11 1856. Costa Rica was at war with the filibuster army organized by U.S. William Walker. Walker was in power in Nicaragua and menaced to invade Costa Rica. In this context the pest was introduced by Costa Rican soldiers into the country. Because of the horrors of the pest and the lack of scientific knowledge to control it, the sworn promise to the "Dulce Nombre del Niño Jesús" started, a ritual reproduced in a yearly basis since at the church of El Carmen, San José.