Vicarious Atonement
Vicarious Atonement
Discusses how Rose of Lima, on the model of Christ, offered herself as a sacrificial victim to expiate the sins of natives, Spaniards, and Creoles in the New World. Rose of Lima’s patronage is explored in its relations to the Madonna of Mercy and other antecedents.
Keywords: scapegoat, human sacrifice, mortification, penance, martyr, expiation, Francisco Solano, patronage, patron saints, Madonna of Mercy
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