Abstract
Abstract Born in Lima, Isabel Flores de Oliva was the most important of all the saints to emerge from the Viceroyalty of Peru. Her period (from the end of the sixteenth century to the second half of the seventeenth) is notable for its bumper crop of holy men and women (Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo, 1538-1606; Saint Martin of Porras, 1579-1639; Saint John Macias, 1585-1645; Saint Francis Solano, 1549-1602; Pedro Urraca, 1583-1657; Francisco Camacho, 1629-1698; Nicolás Ayllón ?-1677; Francisco de San Antonio, 1593-1677; Ursula de Cristo, 1629-1666; and others). Not all of the aforementioned attained canonisation: some remained as blesseds; others failed even to get that far. Even so, the number of persons who felt singled out by God, and achieved official recognition for it, is considerable. But besides this official list, there was another route to acceptance which did not necessarily coincide with the church’s verdict in any given case-namely, the popular fervour that viewed the holy persons in question as a means of access to the divinity.
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