La Hermandad de la Buena Muerte organizes a free symposium on October 23, 24 and 25, at the cathedral of Jaén and the UNIA headquarters in Baeza, to commemorate its founding centenary. It is possible to attend individual talks and there is a free bus on Saturday.
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The Hermandad de la Buena Muerte celebrates one hundred years. To commemorate it, it has organized an academic and cultural symposium that will be held on October 23, 24 and 25 at the cathedral of Jaén and at the Antonio Machado headquarters of the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA) in Baeza. Attendance is free and open to anyone interested in the contents.
You can go only to the talks that interest you
The meeting has been planned so that each person can attend only the presentations that interest them. The program addresses the role of the brotherhoods in the life of the Church, the pastoral value of popular piety and the historical and artistic trajectory of this century-old devotion.
Friday 23, at the cathedral of Jaén
The opening day will be on Friday, October 23 at the cathedral of Jaén. At 16.45 hours the official inauguration will be held in the Sala Capitular. At 17.15, the bishop of Palencia and head of Popular Piety, Sanctuaries and Pilgrimages at the Conferencia Episcopal Española (CEE), Mikel Garziandia Goñi, will speak about the brotherhoods in the life of the Church. At 18.00, Álvaro Román, vice-dean of the Facultad de Teología San Isidoro de Sevilla, will address the pastoral value of popular religiosity. After a break, at 19.00, José Policarpo Cruz, professor of Art History at the Universidad de Granada, will speak about the iconography of the crucified Christ in Andalucía. At 20.00 the book «Nazarenos Blanquinegros. Historia de un Centenario (1926-2026)», by María Amparo López Arandia, will be presented.
Saturday 24, in Baeza
On Saturday 24 the event moves to the UNIA headquarters in Baeza. There will be a free bus that will leave Jaén at 9.00 and return at 19.00. Seats are reserved by writing to buenamuertejaen@gmail.com. At 10.00 the visit to the headquarters is scheduled, and at 11.00 Miguel Ángel Dionisio Vivas, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, will speak about the historical context of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. At 11.45, the dean of the cathedrals of Jaén and Baeza, Francisco Juan Martínez Rojas, will address the diocese of Jaén in the first third of the 20th century. At 12.30, Ángel Marchal Jiménez, from the Universidad de Jaén, will speak about the brotherhood trousseau in the case of the Hermandad de la Buena Muerte. Lunch is free. In the afternoon, at 16.30, cultural visit to the cathedral of Baeza, the church of the Santa Cruz, the old University and the historic center.
Sunday 25, guided visit
On Sunday, October 25, at 10.00 hours, a guided visit to the cathedral of Jaén has been scheduled.
How to register
Attendance at the symposium is free. For the Saturday bus, a seat must be reserved by writing to buenamuertejaen@gmail.com. The Universidad de Jaén offers free enrollment to university students, who will be able to obtain 1.5 credits; registration is done through the link indicated by the organization.
