Editor: Michele Bosco – Image Gallery

Anonymous / Unknown

Mercedarian Mariano Alcalá and companions, martyrs in Spain in 1936. (20^th Century)

Our Lady of Mercy Church, Lérida (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

Murillo, Bartolomé Estéban

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordoba (857) (17^th Century)

Old Masters Picture Gallery - State Art Museum, Dresden (Germany)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Arjona Navarro, Miguel

Sculpture representing Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (detail) (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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Raymundo Nonato, Mercedarian. (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: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsTortures

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

Goya, Francisco de

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

Hernández López, Rafael

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (died on March 13, 857 AD) (19^th Century)

Sacresty of the Church Asunción y Ángeles, Cabra (Spain)

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

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomReconquistaSaintsSpain

Carducci, Vincenzo

Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (full image). [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

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

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

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

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. 308].

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

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

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 V). [1325]

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

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

Goya, Francisco de

Y son fieras (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

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

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

Espinosa, Jerónimo Jacinto

Raymond Nonnatus, Saint (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: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Pelayo (bas-relief carved in stone) (11-12^nd Century)

Museo Arqueológico de León (Spain). Formerly at the Colegiata de San Isidoro, León.

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Beheading of Atahualpa (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: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Anonymous / Unknown

Sculpture of Saint Pedro Armengol (Mercedarian) (17-18^th Century)

Chapel next to the Church of Santa María de Conxo. Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

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

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

Goya, Francisco de

Con razón o sin ella (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

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

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

Roelas, Juan de

The Martyrdom of St Serapius (1608-1612)

Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville

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

Vera Estaca, Alejo

Numancia (1880 - 1881)

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

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: Ancient RomansMassacresSelf-Sacrifice

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

Goya, Francisco de

Curarlos, y á otra (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

[El Greco], Domenikos Theotokopoulos

Martirio de San Mauricio y la Legión Tebana (1582)

Sala de Capas, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain)

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

Keywords: History of Ancient RomeIconographyIdolatryMartyrdomPagan Sacrifice

Murillo Carreras, Rafael

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova (19-20^th Century)

Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Painting of Santa Flora, Martyr in Cordoba (A.D. 851) (17^th Century)

Altar piece of the Capilla Mayor (main altar) of Cordoba Cathedral. Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomReconquistaSaintsSpainWomen Martyrs

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Non Moriar, sed Vivam et Narrabo Opera Domini. Psalm. 117. Quedó en Rehenes para el Rescate de un copioso núm. de Cautivos el Ínclito M[ártir] S. Pedro Armengol Natural de Monblanch en Cathalunya y después de Muchos Malos Tratamientos fue Colgado de [...] Le sostuvo la Magestad de Dios Vivo 8 [días] después o[tro] año Comendador del Convento de su [...] siempre torcida [...] en el rostro. Murió a 27 de Abril 1304 años [...] en Prodigio. [17^th Century]

Convento di Nostra Signora di Bonaria, Cagliari (Italy)

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

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

Chiha, Michel

Father Thomas from Sardinia and his servant Amarath Martyrs in Damascus (1840) (1930)

from: Journal «L'Orient», February 6, 1930

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

Keywords: Jewish StudiesMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsViolence against Clergy

Anonymous / Unknown

“Licenciado Juan Díaz Gallego Collegial de esta casa y Beneficiado de Cadiar, padeció por Christo en Ferreira, abiendose retirado a la torre de la Yglesia con otros Christianos a la qual pegaron fuego y estando predicando a los infieles desde una ventana fue atrabesado con una saeta, 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

Segrelles Albert, José

Martyrdom of S. Eulogius and S. Leocricia of Cordoba [1910]

from: Historia de España, III vols., ed. M. Seguí, 1910-1927.

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Carrasco, Nicolás

S[a]n Rodrigo Presv[iter]o Martir de Cordoba. Y S[a]n Salomon su Compañero M[arti]r. (1749)

Engraving. The illustration is a devotional print, printed on a single sheet.

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

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

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

Heylan, Francisco

Ecce Servus meus, Suscipiam eum, electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea, dedi Spiritum meum super eum, iudicium gentibus proferet... Isa. 42. Deduxit eos in Spe, et Inimicos eorum operuit mare Et induxit eos in Montem Sanctisficationis Sive Montem quem acquisivit dextera eius. Ps. 77. [1620]

from: Antolínez de Burgos, J. Historia eclesiástica de Granada [manuscript, composed around 1620 and conserved in the Library and Historical Archives of the Abadía de Sacromonte, Granada].

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: BaptismConversionGranadaMoriscosReconquista

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

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

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

Goya, Francisco de

Esto es malo (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

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

Muguruza Otaño, Pedro ; Méndez, Diego

Basílica del Valle de los Caídos (Cross) (1940 - 1958)

Abadía de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos (San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMassacresSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsSpanish Civil War

Anonymous / Unknown

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Pascual (17-18^th Century)

Jaén Bishop's Palace (seat of the bishopric of Jaén, Spain)

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Hidalgo, Anselmo

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) (1789)

Parish of the Assumption (Parroquia de la Asunción). Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres (Spain).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Populacho (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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Martyrdom of Antonio, Fernando, Pedro, Juan, Luis, Bartolomé and Juan Quixada. [18-19^th Century]

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Juan de Prado, Martyr in Morocco (1631) [19^th Century]

Unknown

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

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

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

Ldo. Juan Lorenzo Beneficiado y Vicario de Andarax fue puesto sobre un brasero y abrasado hasta las rodillas i después entregado a las moras que fieras sacándole los ojos y arrastrándole acabaron de matar a pedradas que como Laurencio y Esteban triunfó de sus enemigos. Martes 28 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

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

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].

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Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

Goya, Francisco de

Carretadas al cementerio (1863)

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

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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

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapius (18^th Century)

from: Devotional Print, first quarter of 18th century

Archivio Storico Comunale, Cagliari (Italy)

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

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

Villadiego, Bernardo de

Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, martyr in Granada (1300) (1676)

from: Pedro Pascual (Santo), Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...], Madrid, 1676

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Keywords: HagiographiesMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaRedemption of Captives

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.

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Caídos por Dios y por España ¡Presentes! (20^th Century)

External wall of the Villafranca Church (León, Spain).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMassacresSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsSpanish Civil War

Anonymous / Unknown

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

Igreja de São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon (Portugal)

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

Keywords: CrusadesMartyrdomMassacresMoroccoRelics

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

The beheading of the Inca Tupac Amaru [ Ejecución del Inca Túpac Amaru I, en la plaza del Cuzco, año 1572 ] (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°.

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

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Féréol Papety, Dominique Louis (1815 - 1849)

Guillaume de Clermont defending Ptolemais (Acre) from Saracen siege in 1291 (1845)

from: oil on canvas

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

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

Keywords: CrusadesHoly LandHoly Wars

Heylan, Francisco

Martyrdom of Juan Martínez Jáuregui, clergyman of Mairena (1610)

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMassacresReconquistaSpainTortures

Arbasia, Cesare

Saints Pelayo, Eulogio and Leocricia, Martyrs in Cordoba (16-17^th Century)

Cordoba Cathedral, Cordoba (Spain)

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Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Allet, Jean-Charles

Franciscan Matryrs in Morocco (1708)

from: San Juan del Puerto, F. Mission Historial de Marruecos: en que se trata de los martirios, persecuciones y trabajos que han padecido los Missionarios y fruto que han cogido las Missiones que desde sus principios tuvo la Orden Seraphica en el imperio de Marruecos y continua la provincia de San Diego de Franciscos Descalços de Andalucia en el mismo Imperio... por Fr. Francisco de San Juan de el Puerto. Francisco Garay, Sevilla, 1708.

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Keywords: Catholic MissionsChristian-Islamic relationsFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMorocco

Mare, Johannes de

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

Granada

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

Vela Cobos, Cristóbal

Santa Victoria [1644]

Church of the Martyrs of Colodro, Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: Early ChristianityIconographyMartyrdomSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Enterrar y Callar (1863)

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

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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

Molina y Mendoza, Jacinto de

Padre Fray Bernardo Monroy (1740-1750)

Museo de Bellas Artes, Granada (Spain)

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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)

Solís, Francisco de

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

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Zurbarán, Francisco de

Martyrdom of Saint Serapion of Algiers (Mercedarian, 1179 - 1240) (1628)

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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

Keywords: Christian Martyrs in AlgiersMatyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaRedemption of Captives

Mesa, Juan de

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (detail 1) (1626)

Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Goya, Francisco de

Así sucedió (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

Pedro Pascual, Saint (17^th Century)

Curia Generale dell'Ordine della Mercede, Rome

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

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

Le Myésier, Thomas

Raymond Lull’s supposed martyrdom in Tunis [1325]

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

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

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

Keywords: Anti-Islamic ControversyChristian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomNorth AfricaPhilosophy

Carducci, Vincenzo

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

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

San Ramón Nonnato [19^th Century]

Unknown

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Effigie del Venerabil Padre Fra Alipio di S. Giuseppe, scalzo di S. Agostino Palermitano, in odio della nostra santa Fede crudelmente ucciso da' Turchi in Tripoli di Barbaria à 17. di Febbraio 1645. La maggior parte delle cui Ossa fù maravigliosam[en]te trasportata à Sicilia nella terra di Palma. (1657)

from: Maggio, F.M. Vita, e morte del venerabil P. F. Alipio di S. Giuseppe Scalzo di S. Agostino Palermitano della congregazione d'Italia, in odio della confessione della S. Fede di Giesù Cristo, crudelissimamente ucciso da' Turchi di Barberia, nella città di Tripoli, a 17 di febbraio l'anno 1645. Roma, Ignatio de Lazzari, 1657.

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

Anonymous / Unknown

San Zoilo Mártir, Nobilísimo Cavallero Cordobés. (17-18^th Century)

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

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Keywords: Early ChristianityIconographyMartyrdomSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Drawing representing the tombstone of the martyr Saint Pedro Pascual in Baeza Cathedral, Spain. (1653)

from: Bilches, F., Santos y Santuarios del Opispado de Jaen y Baeza, Madrid, Domingo García y Morrás, 1653, p. 146.

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Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTombstones

Anonymous / Unknown

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

Museo de Historia Nacional, Madrid

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

Melchior Küsel (drawing by Karel Škréta)

Muerte del padre Gonzalo de Tapia a manos de los nativos de Sinaloa (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias. 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.

The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island

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

Keywords: Gonzalo de TapiaJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNative AmericansSinaloa

Guardi, Giovanni Antonio

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

Private collection

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

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

Goya, Francisco de

Fuerte cosa es! (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

Conquista. Don Francisco Pizarro le quema en una casa a Capac Apoguaman a Chava pidiendo oro. (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. 396].

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

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsMassacresNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

Anonymous / Unknown

Templars being burned at the stake. (14^th Century)

from: 14th century Manuscript Chronicle titled: Von der Schöpfung der Welt bis 1384 [ From the Creation of the World until 1384 ].

Bibliothèque Municipale, Besançon, France.

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Keywords: CrusadesHeresyHoly Wars

Anonymous / Unknown

Four-legged silver Shrine in the shape of tortoises, with carved angels playing musical instruments, containing the relics of the Martyr San Pelayo [1816 - 1820]

Benedictine Monastery of Oviedo, Spain

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Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Zurbarán, Francisco de

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

Unknown

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Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

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]

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

Keywords: Early ChristianityHagiographiesMartyrologyProtomartyrsSaints

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

Carducci, Vincenzo

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

Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: CrusadesMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaTortures

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