The close relationship between the Jesuit Company and the spreading of the presence of Santo Tomás as a pilgrim in America, has led us to analyze the way that Montoya treats this subject. In” Conquistadors Espiritual” we see how the narrator stops the story about the evangelization tasks to focus on Santo Tomás’ pilgrimage through Peru, Brazil and Paraguay. Also Guamán Poma de Ayala refers to the same tradition with such characteristics that are not substantially different to Montoya. For that reason both writers may be using rhetorically the picture of Santo Tomás for vindication purposes.
Pezzuto, M. (2016). From Titicaca to Guayrá: Saint Thomas´s great journey according two chroniclers. Cuadernos De Historia, (44), pp. 7–27. Retrieved from https://cuadernosdehistoria.uchile.cl/index.php/CDH/article/view/41573
