Compendio de la historia de el bienaventurado Felipe de Jesus
Subtitle: y devocion consagrada á celebrar su memoria el dia cinco de cada mes
By: Por un sacerdote de el arzobispado de Mexico
Publisher: Por D. Felipe de Zuñiga y Ontiveros, calle del Espiritu Santo
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Con las licencias necesarias en Mexico
Language: spa
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Christian martyrs; Devotional literature; Devotional exercises; Catholic Church; Prayers and devotions
Notes: Later editions have José Manuel Sartorio's name in the statement of responsibility on the title page.

The verso of the final leaf gives a notice of 80 days indulgences for the saying of this devotional and refers to an archdiocian decree of May 9, 1777 for further information.

Saint Felipe de Jesús was a Mexican Catholic missionary who became one of the twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, as well as the first Mexican saint and the patron saint of Mexico City.

Signatures: [A]⁶ ([A]₃ + B⁸)

Includes a woodcut portrait of the saint and martyr crucified and surrounded by two Japanese men on either side of the cross on verso of title page.

Cf. Medina, J.T. Imprenta en México (1539-1821), 11948 (1820 edition)

Purchase; 2016; 17-118.

John Carter Brown Library copy unbound and sewn as issued.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.