Editor: Michele Bosco – Image Gallery

Le Myésier, Thomas

Miniature from Raymond Lull's Vita coetanea or a Threaty on the Demonstration of the Truth of Christianity through Art (Breviculum, miniature VIII). [1325]

from: Breviculum o Vida de Mestre Ramon. Latin XIV century Codex with Miniatures by Thomas Le Myésier (miniature VIII).

The Codex is conserved at the Karlsruhe Badischen Landesbibliothek (Germany), Karlsruhe, Bad. L. Bibl. 92.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Anti-Islamic ControversyChristian-Islamic relationsDisputesNorth AfricaPhilosophy

Anonymous / Unknown

Loores del dignissimo Lugar de Calvario (1551)

from: Antonio de Aranda. Loores del dignissimo Lugar de Calvario: en que se relata todo lo que nuestro redemptor Jesus hizo y dixo en el, conforme al texto del sacro evangelio, perteneciente a su passion, muerte, sepultura y resurrection, Alcalá de Henares, Salzedo, 1551

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century) 4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Biblical CommentariesBiblical RepresentationsChrist's SacrificeDrawingHoly Land

Mare, Johannes de

Trinitarian Martyrs of Algiers (17th century) (19^th Century)

Curia Provinciale dei Padri Trinitari, Rome

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AlgiersImprisonmentMartyrdomRedemption of CaptivesTrinitarians (O.SS.T)

Mare, Johannes de

Trinitarian Martyrs of Algiers (17th century) (19^th Century)

Granada

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AlgiersImprisonmentMartyrdomRedemption of CaptivesTrinitarians (O.SS.T)

Soreda, Juan

Saint Pelayo being tortured by order of Abderramán III in Cordoba [17^th Century]

Main Altarpiece of the parish Church of Saint Pelayo Martyr, Olivares de Duero (Valladolid, Spain).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

S.S. Ramon Nonato. Abogado de Partos Peligrosos. [18-19^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus [frontispice] (1602)

from: A. Gallonio, De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus. Antonii Gallonii [...] liber [...] nunc primum in Germania [...] editus, Colonia, J. Gymnicum, 1602.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FrontispieceIconographyMartyrdomPunishmentTortures

Molina y Mendoza, Jacinto de

Padre Fray Bernardo Monroy (1740-1750)

Museo de Bellas Artes, Granada (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AlgiersImprisonmentMartyrdomRedemption of CaptivesTrinitarians (O.SS.T)

Anonymous / Unknown

Verdadero Retrato del V.P. Sebastian de Monroy, de la Compañía de Jesus [...] muerto a lançadas en defensa de la Fè, por los Infieles en [...] las Islas Marianas (1690)

from: Aranda, G. Vida, y gloriosa muerte del v. padre Sebastian de Monroy, religioso de la Compañia de Jesus, que murió dilatando la Fè alanceado de los barbaros en las Islas Marianas. Compuesta por el p. Gabriel de Aranda de la misma Compañia [...], Sevilla, Thomas López de Haro, 1690, p. XXIV.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsHagiographiesJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomSoutheast Asia

Azeglio, Massimo d'

The Death of Josselin, Earl of Montmorency (1825)

Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin (Italy)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesHoly LandHoly WarsIconographyPropaganda

Goya, Francisco de

Carretadas al cementerio (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Galcerán y Alapont, Vicente

El Glorioso Cardenal de la Santa Iglesia San Raymundo Nonacido enfermó en el viage à Roma. Recibe el Viático de manos del mismo Jesu Christo, acompañando de Ángeles vestidos del Hábito de su Orden de la Merced. Rezando un Padre Nuestro delante de esta santa Imagen se ganan 105 días de Indulgencia. (18^th Century)

from: Devotional card picture

Library of the University of Navarra (Fondo Antiguo). Pamplona, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic Theory of SacrificeMercedarians (O. de M.)PrayersRedemption of CaptivesSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Raymundo Nonato, Mercedarian. [18-19^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Goya, Francisco de

No hay remedio (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Atahualpa es encarcelado (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4°.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: ImprisonmentIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, martyr in Granada (1300) (17^th Century)

from: Rodríguez Gálvez, R. San Pedro Pascual, Obispo de Jaén y mártir. Estudios críticos, Jaén, Establecimiento tipográfico La Unión, 1903.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaRedemption of CaptivesSaints

Solís, Francisco de

San Pedro Pascual (detalle) (17^th Century)

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Raymundo Nonato, Mercedarian. [17^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

Tombstone of the Priest Tommaso from Sardinia, victim of a supposed Ritual Murder by Jews in Damascus, along with his servant Ibrahim Amarah, on February 1840. The Italian inscription on the Graveyard says: “D.O.M. Qui riposano le ossa del padre Tommaso da Sardegna assassinato dagli ebrei il 5 febbraio nell’anno 1840”. (1840)

Capuchin Church in Damascus (Syrie).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: EpitaphsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsViolence against Clergy

Anonymous / Unknown

Burial vault of the Seven Martyrs of Morocco (17-18^th Century)

Igreja de São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon (Portugal)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesMartyrdomMassacresMoroccoRelics

Anonymous / Unknown

Retrato del V. P. Juan de Prado primer Provincial de la provincia de san Diego. Martirizado en Marruecos año de 1631 a los 66 de su edad (1691)

from: Díaz de San Buenaventura, F. Sol de Marruecos, el V. Padre Fr. Juan de Prado, Sevilla, 1691.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMoroccoSpanish Missionaries

Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Cordoba (Spain)

Sacerdotes diocesanos que dieron su vida por Cristo en la persecución religiosa 1936-1939 (20^th Century)

Cordoba Cathedral, Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AnticlericalismMartyrdomMassacresSpanish Civil WarViolence against Clergy

Heylan, Francisco

Discovery of the leaden books of Sacromonte (Granada) [1741]

from: Heredia Barnuevo, Diego N. Mystico ramillete historico, chronologyco, panegyrico, texido de las tres fragrantes flores del nobilissimo antiguo origen, exemplarissima vida, y meritissima fama posthuma del Ambrosio de Granada ... el Illmo. y V.Sr. Don Pedro de Castro, Vaca y Quiñones ... Arzobispo de Granada, y Sevilla, y Fundador Magnifico de la Insigne Iglesia Colegial del Sacro Monte Illipulitano, Granada, Imprenta Real, 1741.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Christian HistoryChristian-Islamic relationsGranadaMoriscosRelics

Anonymous / Unknown

El Ldo. Ojeda padeció martirio siendo Beneficiado del lugar de Soportujar, y en su plaza fue abofeteado y por mano de Abenfarax se le dio un formidable golpe en la cabeza con una vallesta, del cual murió en el año 1568 que fue el de rebelión. Se pintó este lienzo a costa de este Real Colegio siendo Rector el Sr. D. Gabriel Vicente Carrillos. Año de 1761. (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Anonymous / Unknown

“Licenciado Martín Cavallero Colegial de esta casa y beneficiado de Verja, padeció martirio en el dicho lugar sacándolo a cortar las manos atadas atrás a voz de pregonero [has]ta llevarlo a la plaza donde le dieron muchísimas bofetadas y puñadas y atándolo a un madero lo arcabuzearon y después lo hicieron pedazos con sus alfanjes el Domingo a 26 de diciembre de 1568. Hicieron a su costa este lienzo los señores colegiales, los licenciados este año 1761.” (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Le Myésier, Thomas

Raymond Lull Demonstrating the Truth of Christianity to Infidels through Intellectual and Rational Arguments (Breviculum, miniature IX). [1325]

from: Breviculum o Vida de Mestre Ramon. Latin XIV century Codex with Miniatures by Thomas Le Myésier (miniature IX).

The Codex is conserved at the Karlsruhe Badischen Landesbibliothek (Germany), Karlsruhe, Bad. L. Bibl. 92.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Anti-Islamic ControversyChristian-Islamic relationsDisputesNorth AfricaPhilosophy

Anonymous / Unknown

Martyrdom of the Italian Jesuit Tristano d'Attimis (1748) [19^th Century]

from: Massara, E. Dei padri Tristano Francesco de Attimis e Giuseppe Henriquez della Compagnia di Gesù, Cividale del Fiuli, 1906

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsChinaChinese RitesJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

Anonymous / Unknown

San Ramón Nonnato [19^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Corregidor de minas castiga cruelmente a los caciques. (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4° (f. 525).

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Anonymous / Unknown

Silver Shrine containing the relics of some of the Cordovan Martyrs (those who suffered the Islamic persecution of the mid-9th century). [17-18^th Century]

Cordoba Cathedral, Cordoba (Spain).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaRelicsSpain

Espinosa i Lleó, Jeroni Jacint

Mass of St. Peter Pascual (1660)

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos (Museu de Belles Arts), Valencia, Spain

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: IconographyMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del

Saint Pelagius from Cordoba before the Califa Abd al-Rahmán III, just before his martyrdom (A.D. 925). (1645)

Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Pelayo Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta [frontispice] (1689)

from: Ruinart, T. Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta ex libris cum editis, tum manu scriptis collecta, eruta vel emendata, notisque & observationibus illustrata. Opera et studio domini Theoderici Ruinart [...] His praemittitur praefatio generalis, in qua refellitur dissertatio 11. Cyprianica Henrici Dodwelli de paucitate martyrum, Amsterdam, Officina Wetsteniana, 1713 [Frontispice]

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Early ChristianityHagiographiesMartyrologyProtomartyrsSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Our Lady of Martyrdom, Patron Saint of Alpujarras (Sculpture) (15^th Century)

Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Martirio (Our Lady of Martyrdom Parish Church). Ugíjar (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomPersecutionsSculptureVirgin Mary

González Velázquez, Zacarías

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Pascual (19^th Century)

Sagrario Church, within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Matías, Alonso

San Eulogio Chapel, in Cordoba Cathedral [front] (1618)

Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Il V[enerabile] P[adre] Diego Luigi di San Vittores, ucciso da Barbari per Christo a 2 d'Aprile 1672. (1686)

from: García, F. Istoria della Conversione alla nostra Santa Fede Dell’Isole Mariane, Naples, 1686.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsIdolatryJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomSoutheast Asia

Heylan, [Anna]

Frontispiece of the book Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, 1638. (1638)

from: Bermúdez de Pedraza, F. Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, Granada, 1638.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaIconographyMartyrologyReconquistaSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

Mártires Mercedarios en Proceso de Beatificación. 1936. (20^th Century)

Curia Provincial Orden de la Merced, Madrid.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AnticlericalismCanonization of the SaintsMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)Spanish Civil War

Anonymous / Unknown

Pedro Pascual, Saint (17^th Century)

Curia Generale dell'Ordine della Mercede, Rome

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaRedemption of CaptivesSaints

Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Antonio

Saint Eulogius, Cordovan Martyr (18^th Century)

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Silver Shrine containing the relics of the Cordovan Martyr Saint Eulogius. (16-17^th Century)

Oviedo Cathedral (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Para eso habeis nacido (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Goya, Francisco de

Con razón o sin ella (bis) (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Anonymous / Unknown

Our Lady of Mercy with St. Peter Nolasco and St. Raymond Nonnatus (16^th Century)

Museo de Historia Nacional, Madrid

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: IconographyMercedarians (O. de M.)Redemption of CaptivesSaintsVirgin Mary

Mesa, Juan de

Sculpture representing Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) (16-17^th Century)

Altarpiece of San Rodrigo in the Church of San Juan de Dios, Cabra (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Le Myésier, Thomas

The Saracen: I would rather hang myself with a noose, than suffer the vengeance of Christians for having blasphemed Christ. [1325]

from: Breviculum o Vida de Mestre Ramon. Latin XIV century Codex with Miniatures by Thomas Le Myésier (miniature III).

The Codex is conserved at the Karlsruhe Badischen Landesbibliothek (Germany), Karlsruhe, Bad. L. Bibl. 92.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Anti-Islamic ControversyChristian-Islamic relationsIslamic MartyrdomNorth AfricaPhilosophy

Goya, Francisco de

Desastres de la Guerra, n. 11 (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Goya, Francisco de

Ya no hay tiempo (Desastres de la Guerra, n. 19) (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Claesz van Wieringen, Cornelis (1577 - 1633)

The Capture of Damiate (1219) (about 1625 - 1627)

from: oil on canvas

The Frans Hals Museum (section: Dutch Golden Age paintings).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesHoly LandHoly Wars

Anonymous / Unknown

Father Mariano Alcalá with eighteen companions, Mercedarian martyrs in 1936 [2014]

Real Monasterio El Puig De Santa María, Order of Mercy. El Puig, Valencia (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AnticlericalismCanonization of the SaintsMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)Spanish Civil War

Jode, Pieter de

Martirio del bendito P[adr]e Fray Diego Ortiz en Vilcabamba (1638)

from: Calancha, A. Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Augustin en el Peru. Barcelona, 1638.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsMartyrdomNative AmericansPeruSpanish Missionaries

Anonymous / Unknown

“Lcdo. Baltasar de Torres, Colegial de Portugus. Abofeteado y apuñeteado desnudo en carnes, las manos atadas atrás en una soga a la garganta lo llevaron a la plaza de dicho lugar, donde cortados pies y manos hizo de una horca escala para el cielo. Viernes 24 de diciembre de 1568.” (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Anonymous / Unknown

V[enerabile] P[adre] Fra’ Alippio da S[an] Gius[eppe] Agost[inia]no Scalzo Pal[ermita]no Ucciso in Tripoli in odio della S[anta] Fede nel 1645. [18^th Century]

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Augustinians (O.E.S.A.)Christian-Islamic relationsConversionMartyrdomNorth Africa

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Kusi Yupanqui (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4°.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish EmpireViolence

Heylan, Francisco

Ugíjar Martyrs (1610)

from: Antolínez, J. Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, 1610.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Anonymous / Unknown

San Perfecto, Pres[bitero] Proto-Martir de la Persecución Arábiga en Córdoba. (17-18^th Century)

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Bernabé Montano[s] Doctor en Sagrada Teología Colegial de esta Casa, beneficiado de Poqueira, padeció Martirio pegando fuego a una torre, donde encerrado sacándole medio abrasado y a cuchilladas le acabaron de quitar la vida. Viernes 24 de Diciembre de 1568. (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Goya, Francisco de

Escapan entre llamas (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Carducci, Vincenzo

Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (detail). [1630]

Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Ramon Nonatus Protecting a Slave (18^th Century)

Museo Diocesano, Solsona (Lleida, Catalunya).

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

San Fausto, San Januario y San Marcial. Mártires de Córdoba. (17-18^th Century)

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Early ChristianityIconographyMartyrdomSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

S. Serapi M[arti]r de la Mercè [1731]

from: Hardá Muxica, A. A. El cavallero de Christo, y nuevo machabeo de la ley de Gracia San Serapio Martyr […], Barcelona, Jaume Surià, 1731.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Canonization of the SaintsMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaTortures

Féréol Papety, Dominique Louis (1815 - 1849)

The Siege of Acre (1291) (about 1840)

from: oil on canvas

Salles des Croisades : Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles (France)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesHoly LandHoly Wars

Arjona Navarro, Miguel

Sculpture representing Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) (1981)

Parish of Asunción y Ángeles, Cabra (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

No se puede saber por qué (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Vázquez, Alonso

The Martyrdom of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (16-17^th Century)

Private Collection. Spain

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Heylan, Francisco

Martyrs of Sacromonte (Granada) [1741]

from: Heredia Barnuevo, Diego N. Mystico ramillete historico, chronologyco, panegyrico, texido de las tres fragrantes flores del nobilissimo antiguo origen, exemplarissima vida, y meritissima fama posthuma del Ambrosio de Granada ... el Illmo. y V.Sr. Don Pedro de Castro, Vaca y Quiñones ... Arzobispo de Granada, y Sevilla, y Fundador Magnifico de la Insigne Iglesia Colegial del Sacro Monte Illipulitano, Granada, Imprenta Real, 1741.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Church HistoryGranadaMartyrdomPersecutionsReconquista

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Castigo a las adúlteras (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4° [fol. 306].

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Anonymous / Unknown

San Ramón Nonato, Ruega por nosotros (19^th Century)

from: Anonymous popular religious card

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del

Saint Pelagius from Cordoba before the Califa Abd al-Rahmán III, just before his martyrdom (A.D. 925). (1645)

Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Pelayo Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova (1655)

from: Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo (Engraving), Amsterdam, 1665.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Por una navaja (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

A Topac Amaro le Cortan la Caveza en el Cuzco (1615)

from: Guamán Poma de Ayala, F. Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [1616]. Manuscript conserved in the København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek [ Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark ], GKS 2232 4°.

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish EmpireViolence

Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste

Dergoumidas, Prestre Armenien condamné par le Grand Visir Ali Pacha, mourut Martir le 5 Novembre 1707. (1707 - 1708)

from: Ferriol, Ch., Marquis Le Hay & Mour, J.-B. van. Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, tirees sur les tableaux peints d'apres nature en 1707 et 1708, Le Hay et Duchange, Paris, 1714, engraving n. 85, pp. 44-47; [Also found in: Explication des cent estampes qui representent differentes nations du Levant avec de nouvelles estampes, Le Hay et Duchange, Paris, 1715].

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

Zurbarán, Francisco de

Saint Raymond Nonnatus (Zurbarán's Atelier) [17^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Carazo, José ; Martín Rodríguez, Manuel

Myracle of Saint Peter Pascual before the king Totila (18^th Century)

Pedro Pascual Chapel, Sagrario: within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Goya, Francisco de

Se aprovechan (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del

Saint Pelagius from Cordoba before the Califa Abd al-Rahmán III, just before his martyrdom (A.D. 925). (1645)

Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Pelayo Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Henriques, Francisco

Beheading of the five martyrs of Morocco (1508)

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon (Proceeding from San Francisco Church in Évora, Portugal)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMassacresMorocco

Goya, Francisco de

Duro es el paso (1863)

from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsViolence

Anonymous / Unknown

S. Raymundo Nonato, Mercedarian. [19^th Century]

Unknown

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

“El Licenciado Juan Gómez, Collegial de esta casa y Beneficiado de Fiñana, padeció martirio en Mecina de buen baron atado a una higuera desnudo, con alzadores chuzos y lanzas le quitaron la vida y después le ataron una soga a la cabeza y lo llevaron arrastrando hasta hecharle en una [h]oguera encendida y de donde avía sido muerto Viernes 24 de Diciembre de 1563 años. Este lienzo hiço a su costa y do por su devoción el Licenciado D. Martin de Galvez Collegial, y Rector que fue de esta Casa y a presente Beneficiado de la iglesia parroquial del Señor San Andrés de esta ciudad.” (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Guardi, Giovanni Antonio

Armenian Priest Dergoumidas before the Grand Vizier (1742 - 1743)

Private collection

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

Anonymous / Unknown

Santa Flora, Mártir de Córdoba. Santa María, Mártir de Córdoba. (17-18^th Century)

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

González Velázquez, Zacarías

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Pascual (detail) (19^th Century)

Sagrario Church, within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

“El Lº. D. Francisco Navarrete Beneficiado del Lugar de Joratayar, padeció martirio, siendo degollado, y una estocada en el Corazón, haviendo estado una noche en la torre llamando à los Christianos, que con él se havían acogido, alentándolos en la passión de Christo, y juntamente confesándolos. Murió Año de 1568, en el qual fué el rebelión. Se pintó este lienzo a costa de este Real Colegio, siendo Rector el Sr. D. Gabriel Vicente Carrillos, año de 1761.” (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Küsel, Melchior

P. Franciscus Paciecus Lusit. ; P. Balthasar de Torres Hisp. ; P. Ioannes Zola Ital. , cum 6 Coadiutoribus Iaponijs , Soc. IESUs, lento igne vivi pro Christo exusti Nangasacki in Iaponia 20. Iunij, A. 1626. (1675)

from: Mathias Tanner, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, [...] in causa fidei, & virtutis propugnatae, violenta morte toto orbe sublati sunt, Praga, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, 1675.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Francisco PachecoJapanJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomPortuguese Missionaries

Mesa, Juan de

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (1626)

Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

El Ldo. D. Pedro de Espinosa Beneficiado de la villa de Orgiva, padeció Martirio en el año 1567 [sic: 1568] predicándoles la fe de Cristo, murió quemado en la misma torre en tiempo de la rebelión. Se pintó este lienzo a costa de este Real Colegio año de 1761, siendo rector el Sr. Don Gabriel Vicente Carrillos. (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Licinio, Bernardino

The first five Franciscan martyrs (1524)

Chiesa di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: CrusadesFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMassacresMorocco

Carrasco, Nicolás

Sn Rodrigo Prev[iter]o M[artir] de Cordoba y Patrono de la Villa de Cabra. Y Sn. Salomon Su compañero. Que dedica y consagra a el Sr. Dn. Rodrigo de Cota y Cabrera Prevendado de la Sta. Iglesia Cathedral Su Servidor Pedro Rodriguez. N[icholas] Carrasco del. et Sculp. Año de 1749.” (1749)

Engraving (one-sheet devotional print).

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5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

RITRATTO DEL FU PADRE TOMMASO DA CALANGIANO DI SARD.a MIS.o APLI.co CAP.no IL QUALE DOPO 33 ANNI DI MISSIONE IN DAMASCO VENNE SACRIFICATO DALLI EBRE I DI QUELLA CITTA' IN UN COL SUO FEDELE ED AMATO SERVO ABRAHIM IL DI 5. FE BBRAJO DEL 1840. [1849]

Church of S. Maria degli Angeli, Calangianus (Sardinia, Italy)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Jewish StudiesMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsViolence against Clergy

Mesa, Juan de

Altarpiece of Saint Roderick (16-17^th Century)

Church of San Juan de Dios, Cabra (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Los fusilamientos del 3 de mayo 1808 (1814)

Prado Museum, Madrid

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: French Invasion of SpainMassacresPeninsular War - Guerra de la Independencia EspañolaSacrifice for the NationSecular Martyrs

Anonymous / Unknown

P. Martinus de Aranda Hispanus Chilensis, P. Horatius de Vechis Senensis, et Didacus de Montalbán Hispanus Mexicanus Societatis Iesu in Odium Fidei Anganamonis iussu lanceis [confossi] clava percussi, tandem abscisso capite occubuerunt in Elicura Provincia Chilensi 11 decembris 1646. Romae Superiorum Permissu. (1646)

from: Ovalle, A. Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile, Roma, 1646.

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNative AmericansSpanish Missionaries

Anonymous / Unknown

“Ldo. Bartolome de Herrera Collegial desta Casa, Beneficiado de Laroles, a quien los Bárbaros agarenos ungieron los pies con aceite i pez derretida i pusieron sobre un brasero ardiendo, i después asateado i arcabuzeado dio el espíritu a su cria[dor] en defensa de nuestra santa fe. Viernes 24 de diciembre de 1568.” (1761)

Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Barambio, Gregorio (O. de M.)

S[an] Serapio M[arti]r del R[ea]l Orden de la Merced. Especialissimo Abog[ad]o de todo genero de dolores de Miemb[ro]s y coiunturas. (1727)

from: Hardá Muxica, A. A. El nuevo Machabeo del Evangelio y cavallero de Christo, S. Serapio Martyr, del Real y militar Orden de N. Señora de la Merced, escrito por el padre presentado Fr. Antonio Ambrosio de Hardá Muxica, Madrid, En la imprenta del convento de la Merced, 1727 [n. p.]

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Canonization of the SaintsDrawingMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)North Africa

Anonymous / Unknown

Juan de Prado, Martyr in Morocco (Statue) [18^th Century]

Capilla de San Juan de Prado, Catholic Church in Morgovejo, León (Spain).

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MissionsFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMoroccoSpanish Missionaries

Solís, Francisco de

San Pedro Pascual (17^th Century)

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints