The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706
Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a young Kongolese woman who in 1704 claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries for not supporting black saints, and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706. Background information is supplied on Kongo, the development of Catholicism there, and the role of local warfare in the Atlantic slave trade.
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In 1704, Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita claimed to be possessed by St Anthony and attempted to stop the devastating civil wars in Kongo.
List of IllustrationsIntroduction11A Land in Turmoil102The Rival Kings363Priests and Witches in Catholic Kongo594The Crisis in Faith and Force825Saint Anthony Arrives1056The Saint and the Kings1297Saint Anthony in Sin and Glory1568Facing the Fire1779The War for Peace199AppA Recovery of the "Salve Antoniana"215Index221
