La La fondazione religiosa dei padri chierici regolari minori a Madrid (1594-1599)

The Clerics Regular Minor arrived in Madrid in late April 1594 led by the founder Francesco Caracciolo. Due to the continued opposition to the new religious institution by the Consejo de Castilla, Felipe II granted this permission only a few days after his death. The concession of the Cédula Real, ratified by Felipe III on September 5, 1598, responded to the petition presented by the Italian Iacopo de Gratiis, [Caballero de Gracia] who, since their arrival, he had hosted the Caracciolini fathers in the houses he owned. The continued disagreements that erupted over the course of more than four years, due to the despotic and bossy attitude maintained by the latter, finally convinced the few religious, directed by Father Giuseppe Imparato, to leave the uncomfortable accommodation, and to found, on January 20, 1599, their first House of the Espíritu Santo, located in the Carrera de San Jerónimo, in the vicinity of the Hospital de los Italianos.