Editor: Michele Bosco – Image Gallery

Anonymous / Unknown

Statue of Saint Eulogius, Cordovan Martyr [18^th Century]

San Francisco and San Eulogio Church, Cordoba (Spain).

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

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.

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

Matías, Alonso

San Eulogio Chapel, in Cordoba Cathedral [detail] (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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Statue of Saint Pelayo [19^th Century]

Ermita de San Pelayo, Morales del Rey (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Antonio

Martyrdom of Saint Eulogius from Cordova [1700]

Juramento de San Rafael Church, Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Juan Bautista de la Concepción (O.SS.T.) (18^th Century)

Convent of Santa María de Gracia, Cordoba

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: HagiographiesIconographySaintsSpainTrinitarians (O.SS.T)

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

Trinitarian Martyrs of Algiers (17th century) [17^th Century]

from: Religious 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: AlgiersImprisonmentMartyrdomRedemption of CaptivesTrinitarians (O.SS.T)

[ Mendieta, Gerónimo de ]

Muerte de un fraile franciscano a manos de los chichimecas. (16-17^th Century)

from: Mendieta, Gerónimo de, Historia eclesiástica Indiana

Original Manuscript in : Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsEngravingsFranciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomNative Americans

Anonymous / Unknown

Mártires de la Alpujarra [1935]

from: Hitos, F. A. Mártires de la Alpujarra en la rebelión de los moriscos (1568), Apostolado de la Prensa, Madrid, 1935, p. 192.

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMartyrologyMassacresMoriscos

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

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

Sacrifice of Isaac (12^nd Century)

Palatine Chapel, Royal Palace or Palace of the Normans, Palermo (Italy)

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchIconography

Zurbarán, Francisco de

Saint Raymond Nonnatus (17^th Century)

Private Collection. 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

Sculpture representing the Mercedarian Martyr and Saint Pedro Pascual (18^th Century)

La Merced Church, in the baroque altarpiece dedicated to Saint Pedro Pascual, Antigua Guatemala.

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

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

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

Saint Pelayo from Cordova [18-19^th Century]

Ceramic Tiles in San Pelagio Seminary, Cordoba

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Goya, Francisco de

Lo merecía (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

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

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].

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

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsMassacresNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

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

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

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Muy bravo y colérico padre contra los caciques principales (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. 594.

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

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruPunishmentSpanish Empire

Goya, Francisco de

Sacrifice to Vesta (1771)

Colección Félix Palacios Remondo, Zaragoza (Spain)

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesIconographyPagan SacrificeSacrificial Objects

Anonymous / Unknown

San Pelagio y San Sancho. Mártires 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

Pedrajas, Francisco Javier

Relief of Saint Rodrigo Martyr (1793)

Iglesia de la Asunción (Choir stalls of the church), Cabra (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Caídos por Dios y por España (20^th Century)

Tombstone in San Miguel Church, Segovia (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

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

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.

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

Keywords: Anti-Islamic ControversyChristian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomNorth AfricaPhilosophy

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

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

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

Silver Shrine containing the relics of some of the Cordovan Martyrs (a few of the Early 4th century, and the most part of the mid-9th century). (18^th Century)

Iglesia de San Pedro, Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaRelicsSpain

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

“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

Goya, Francisco de

Qué hay que hacer más (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

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

Per Contemptibile Lignum Iustu Gubernans Sapi[enter]. Pusieron los Moros al Glorioso Patriarcha S. Pedro Nolasco en un pequeño Barco y dejándole con él en alta Mar sin Remos, Velas, ò Bastimento alguno para que o el mar o el hambre acabassen con él, Haziendo el Santo vela de su capa, mástil de su Cuerpo, atravessó de Argel à valenzia en brevissimo espacio sin Peligro alguno. (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: Mercedarians (O. de M.)North AfricaRedemption of CaptivesSaintsUnbloody Sacrifice

[ Bocanegra, Pedro Atanasio ]

Martyrdom of Saint Roderick (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: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Venerable María del Refugio Aguilar Torres (portrait) (20^th Century)

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: AnticlericalismMercedarians (O. de M.)MexicoPersecutionsSelf-Sacrifice

Anonymous / Unknown

Sacrifice of Isaac (Detail) (12^nd Century)

Palatine Chapel, Royal Palace or Palace of the Normans, Palermo (Italy)

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchIconographyIsaac

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

Effigies V[enerabilis] Joannis de Prado, Mart[yr] Excalceatorum S. Francisci, interfecti Marochi in odium Fidei die 24 Maij ann. 1631 aetatis suae 66. (17^th Century)

from: Unknown

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

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

Bonisoli, Agostino

Martyrdom of the Franciscan Protomartyrs (1673)

Pinacoteca di Treia (Treia Art Gallery)

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

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

Carducci, Vincenzo

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

Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: CrusadesMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaTortures

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

Heylan, Francisco

Mille Clypei pendent exea Plantaverunt Ecclesiam Sanguine suo. Expoliti Lapidis suis Coaptantur Locis Per Manus Artificis Disponuntur Permansuri Sacris Aedificiis. Fundamenta eius in Montibus S[anc]tis. [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:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Church HistoryGranadaMartyrdomPersecutionsReconquista

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

Goya, Francisco de

Lo mismo en otras partes (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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Shrine containing the relics of Gonzalico, a ten-years old child from Mairena, who died as a Martyr in 1568 during the Moriscos' Rebellion in the Alpujarras mountains (Spain). [17-18^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: AlpujarrasChildren MartyrsMassacresMoriscosRelics

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Altar and reliquary of Saint Sisenandus of Beja (18^th Century)

Sé de Beja (Cathedral of St. James the Great), Beja (Portugal)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomReconquistaRelicsSaintsSpain

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

Le Myésier, Thomas

The origins of Raymond Lull's works and his explication of the Christian theory of Sacrifice (Breviculum, miniature I) [1325]

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

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

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) [1633 - 1668]

Altarpiece of the Main Altar of 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

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

Statue of Saint Pelayo [18^th Century]

Church of the Episcopal Seminary, Cordova

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

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

Goya, Francisco de

¿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

Mesa, Juan de

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (detail 2) (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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMassacresSacrifice for the NationSecular MartyrsSpanish Civil War

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Castigo, justicia, Sancay, Inquisición. (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. 302].

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

Keywords: IdolatryInquisitionNative AmericansPeruPunishment

Anonymous / Unknown

Don Fausto Cantero Roncero, beneficiado de la S.I.C.P. de Toledo, bárbaramente asesinado por la furia roja en la Ciudad de los Concilios, el día 23 de Agosto de 1936 (20^th Century)

Unknown

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

Keywords: AnticlericalismMartyrdomMassacresSpanish Civil WarViolence against Clergy

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

Anonymous / Unknown

San Zoilo Mártir, Nobilísimo Cavallero Cordobés. (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

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

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°.

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

Keywords: IdolatryIndigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish Empire

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

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

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

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

Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del

Martyrdom of Saint Eulogius (A.D. 859), showing the moment of his beheading. [1660]

Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta (Main Altar). Cordoba, Spain

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

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

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

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

Vela Cobos, Cristóbal

San Acisclo (1645)

Church of the Martyrs of Colodro, Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: Early ChristianityIconographyMartyrdomSaintsSpain

Nicolau, Juan Bautista

Sacrificio de Isaac (18^th Century)

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

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBible, GenesisBible, Old TestamentBible, PentateuchPaintings

Melchior Küsel (drawing by Karel Škréta)

Muerte de los jesuitas Roque Gonzáles de Santa Cruz y Alonso Rodríguez a manos de los guaraníes (1628) (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: Alonso RodríguezJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNative AmericansRoque Gonzáles de Santa Cruz

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

Maestro de Becerril

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova [1520]

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

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

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)

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Juan de Prado, Martyr in Morocco (sculpture) [18^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

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

Tantos, y más … (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 Martyrdom (Sculpture). Ugíjar, Spain. (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

Carducci, Vincenzo

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

Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: CrusadesMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaTortures

Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe

Cómo lleva en tanta paciencia y amor de Jesucristo los buenos negros y negras. (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. 706].

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

Keywords: Indigenous MartyrsNative AmericansPeruSpanish EmpireViolence

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

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