Stafford Poole
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The Reverend Stafford Poole, C.M.
, (born March 6, 1930) is a priest
, full-time research historian
, formerly a history professor and president of St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo, California
. He is known for his extensive writings about the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Poole was born in Oxnard, California
, the son of Beatrice Hessie Smith and Joseph Outhwaite Poole, Sr. In 1947 he joined the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent de Paul. He was ordained in 1956, and afterwards taught in seminaries in the Midwest
and California
. In 1961 he received his Ph.D. in history from the University of St. Louis for a dissertation called "The Indian Problem in the Third Mexican Provincial Council, 1585" analyzing recently found documents from the first Provincian councils of Mexico.
After his retirement from active teaching in 1990, he undertook the study of Classical Nahuatl
, and has published several works in that field.
Poole's writings regarding Our Lady of Guadalupe include the books Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531-1797, The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico, an English translation of Luis Laso de la Vega
's Nahuatl
account of the apparition, Huei tlamahuiçoltica
, and a translation and critical edition of two Nahuatl plays about Guadalupe. Others include biographies of Juan de Ovando and Pedro Moya de Contreras
, and multiple articles in academic journals.
Lazarists
Congregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
, (born March 6, 1930) is a priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, full-time research historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, formerly a history professor and president of St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo, California
Camarillo, California
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at the 2000 census. The Ventura Freeway Camarillo is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. The population was 65,201 at the 2010 census, up from 57,084 at...
. He is known for his extensive writings about the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Poole was born in Oxnard, California
Oxnard, California
Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...
, the son of Beatrice Hessie Smith and Joseph Outhwaite Poole, Sr. In 1947 he joined the Congregation of the Mission of Saint Vincent de Paul. He was ordained in 1956, and afterwards taught in seminaries in the Midwest
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. In 1961 he received his Ph.D. in history from the University of St. Louis for a dissertation called "The Indian Problem in the Third Mexican Provincial Council, 1585" analyzing recently found documents from the first Provincian councils of Mexico.
After his retirement from active teaching in 1990, he undertook the study of Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl is a term used to describe the variants of the Nahuatl language that were spoken in the Valley of Mexico — and central Mexico as a lingua franca — at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico...
, and has published several works in that field.
Poole's writings regarding Our Lady of Guadalupe include the books Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531-1797, The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico, an English translation of Luis Laso de la Vega
Luis Laso de la Vega
Luis Laso de la Vega was a 17th century Mexican priest and lawyer. He is known chiefly as the author of the Huei tlamahuiçoltica , an account published in 1649 and written in the Nahuatl language, which contains a narrative describing the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary before Saint Juan...
's Nahuatl
Nahuatl
Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
account of the apparition, Huei tlamahuiçoltica
Huei tlamahuiçoltica
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, and a translation and critical edition of two Nahuatl plays about Guadalupe. Others include biographies of Juan de Ovando and Pedro Moya de Contreras
Pedro Moya de Contreras
Pedro Moya de Contreras , prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and Viceroy of Mexico, September 25, 1584 - October 17, 1585...
, and multiple articles in academic journals.