Keyword: Martyrdom – Image Gallery

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

Tosini, Michele (detto Michele di Ridolfo delGhirlandaio)

Martirio di sant'Acacio e dei suoi diecimila compagni sul monte Ararat (post 1555)

from: Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

Museo del Cenacolodi Andrea del Sarto,Firenze

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMount AraratTen thousand martyrs

Muguruza Otaño, Pedro ; Méndez, Diego

Basílica del Valle de los Caídos (full image) (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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured with the Wheel, 2 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 29

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured and Hung by the Thumbs and a Foot (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 17

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Holy Chamber within Oviedo Cathedral, where the relics of the Cordovan Martyr Saint Eulogius are conserved. (16-17^th Century)

Oviedo Cathedral (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Thrown into the Ravine or into the Fire (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 149

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured at the Legs and under the Nails (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 133

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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)

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael

Samson pulling down the house at Gaza (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 35v

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentGermanyMartyrdomSamsonSelf-SacrificeWoodcut

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

Larivière, Charles Philippe-Auguste

After suffering a long siege, Malta finally repels Turks' attack (1565) (1852)

Salles des Croisades, Châteaux de Versailles, Versailles (France)

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

Keywords: CrusadesHoly WarsIndividual SacrificeMartyrdomOttoman Empire

Valades, Diego

Native Americans kill Catholic martyrs with bows and arrows, stones, knives, and spears. [1579]

from: Valades, Diego, Rhetorica christiana ad concionandi, et orandi usum accommodata, Petrucci, Perugia, 1579, p. 220

John Carter Brown Collections

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

Keywords: Franciscans (O.F.M.)MartyrdomMexicoNative AmericansSpanish America

Dürer, Albrecht

Martirio dei Diecimila (1507)

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMount AraratTen thousand martyrs

Anonymous / Unknown

Martyrs of El Otero, Siguenza (Spain), 1936 (20^th Century)

from: Picture

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

Keywords: AnticlericalismMartyrdomMassacresSpanish Civil WarViolence against Clergy

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Burnt in Various Ways (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 105

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Unknown

The martyrdom of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Voes (1563)

from: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

Topics:
6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Lutheran martyrsMartyrdomProtestantism

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortured Martyrs in Different Ways (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 77

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Heylan, Francisco

Martyrdom of Juan Martínez Jáuregui, clergyman of Mairena (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: MartyrdomMassacresReconquistaSpainTortures

Caussé, F.

Véritable Portrait du Vén. Mastrilli. Martyr au Japon, en 1637. [19^th Century]

from: Pouplard, P.-X. La vie merveilleuse du vénérable Marcel Mastrilli, S.J. Client bien-aimé de Saint François Xavier et martyr au Japon. Suive d'une notice sur la chute, la pénitence et le martyre de Christophe Ferreira. Paris, Desclee, 1902.

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

Keywords: HagiographiesJapanJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNagasaki

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

San Aurelio y Santa Sabigotho su Muge. Y San Jorge Monje. San Féliz y Santa Liliosa, su Muger. 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

Anonymous / Unknown

Travel to Japan and Martyrdom of San Felipe de Jesus (1628-1697)

Cuernavaca Cathedral, south of Mexico City

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsJapanMartyrdomMartyrs of JapanMexico

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Stabbed and Dismembered, 2 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 123

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Hanged and Totured Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 25

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Reckenhofer, Martin

The woodcut on the title page of Dye histori depicts the martyrdom of Heinrich Voes and Johann van Esschen (1523). The image shows the two Augustinian monks tied to stakes amidst flames, symbolizing their execution by fire (1523)

from: Dye histori so zwen Augustiner Ordens gemartert seyn tzu Bruxel in Probant von wegen des Evangeli

Topics:
6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Johann van EsschenLutheran martyrsLutheranismMartyrdomProtestantism

Küsel, Melchior

Charles Garnier, a Jesuit missionary, was martyred at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons on December 7, 1649. P. Carolus Garnier Nobili prosapíâ Gallus Soc: Iesu, ab Hiroqueis Gentilibus crudeliter pro Christo necatus, in Nova Francia. A. 1649 7 Decembris. (1676)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 540

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: CanadaChristian MissionaryHuronsJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

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

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

Carducci, Vincenzo

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured with the Wheel (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 29

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Pardo de Lago, Lázaro

Los mártires franciscanos de Nagasaki (1630)

Convento de La Recoleta, Cuzco (Perú)

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsFranciscans (O.F.M.)JapanMartyrdomNagasaki

Küsel, Melchior

The martyrdom of Michael Nacascima by scalding in boiling water in Japan on December 25, 1628 (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 333

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

Keywords: Christian MissionaryJapanJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomMichael Nacascima

Guerra, Giovanni

Christians Buried Alive (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 147

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

Küsel, Melchior

Two native American men throw the body of Jesuit into a burning building. Antoine Daniel, a French Jesuit missionary, was saying mass at the Huron settlement of Saint Joseph or Tennaostaiaë, when Iroquois Indians attacked the settlement. (1676)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 532

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: CanadaHuronsIroquoisJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

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

Unknown

The Martyrdom of Zakarîyâ (Zacharias), the father of John the Baptist, who is killed when the tree in which he is hiding is sawn in two (c. 1580)

from: Nīsābūrī, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Manṣūr, Qisas al-Anbiyâ [Qazvin?]

The New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 46, fol. 144

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

Keywords: BibleHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaQur'anZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured and Dismembered (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 91

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Symbolic Drawing of the Graveyard or Tombstone of the King Sebastian of Portugal, died as a martyr in a 16th century crusades to North Africa. (1622)

from: Juan Baptista Morales. Jornada de África del Rey Don Sebastian de Portugal, compuesto por Juan Bautista de Morales, natural de Montilla, a don Juan Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar, Seville, Gabriel Ramos Bejarano, 1622.

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

Keywords: CrusadesEarly-Modern ChroniclesMartyrdomNorth AfricaPortugal

Anonymous / Unknown

Execution of the Anabaptists on the Scaffold on the Dam, 1535 (17^th Century)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Topics:
6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: AmsterdamDutch AnabaptismMartyrdom

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

Huret, Gregoire

Martyrdom of Fathers Isaac Jogues, Anton Daniel, Jean de Brébeuf, Charles Garnier, Gabriel Lalemand, and others at the hands of native Americans (1664)

from: Du Creux. François, Historiae Canadensis, seu Novae-Franciae, Cramoisy, Paris, 1664, p. 480

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: CanadaIroquoisJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNative Americans

Cranach the Elder, Lucas

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara [1510]

from: Germnany

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Keywords: GenderMartyrdomWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapius (18^th Century)

from: Devotional Print, first quarter of 18th century

Archivio Storico Comunale, Cagliari (Italy)

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

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)

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

Keywords: AnticlericalismMartyrdomMassacresSpanish Civil WarViolence against Clergy

Guerra, Giovanni

Gutted Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 131

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

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

Carducci, Vincenzo

Martyrdom of Pedro Armengol (the painting shows the hanging of the Saint and the intervention of the Blessed Mother). (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: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaRedemption of CaptivesSaints

Pedrajas, Francisco Javier

Relief of Saint Rodrigo Martyr (1793)

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortures and Infamy of the Martyrs, 2 (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 127

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Dragged to the Ground (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 145

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

[Stimmer, Tobias]

Samson tears down the temple of the Philistines (1551-1575)

Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

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

Keywords: MartyrdomSamson

Anonymous / Unknown

Le Martyre de Sainct Vital (1611)

from: L. Richeome, La Peinture spirituelle ou l'Art d'admirer aimer et louer Dieu en toutes ses oeuvres, et tirer de toutes profit saluter, Lyonne, Pierre Rigaud, 1611, p. 690

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrs

Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del

Saint Raymond Nonnatus (Mercedarian Martyr, 13th century) [1640 - 1650]

Museo Goya - Ibercaja Collection (Camón Aznar Museum). Zaragoza (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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Silver Shrine containing the relics of the Cordovan Martyrs San Eulogius and Saint Leocricia. (16-17^th Century)

Oviedo Cathedral (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Guerra, Giovanni

Hanged Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 19

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyr Hung and Dropped on Spiky Stones (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 33

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Viktor

Stradanje deset Kritskih mučenika (The Ten Martyrs of Crete) (1694)

Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad

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

Keywords: CreteIconsMartyrdomTen Martyrs of Crete

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

Ilić,Teodor (1746-1793)

The Martyrdom of St. Barbara (1785)

Narodni Muzej Srbije, Belgrade

Topics:
6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsSaint BarbaraSerbia

Küsel, Melchior

P. Ignatius Azevedius S. I. Illustrissimâ Lusitaniae familiâ oriundus, in itinere Brasilo à Calvinistis pro Catholica Religione mari demers[us] A. 1570 15 Julij. Ignatius de Azevedo stands pierced by a sword and holding the Salus Populi Romani Madonna. Brazil, 1570 (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 167

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: BrazilCalvinismJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortured Martyr by Stretching (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 41

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Woodcut depicting the burning of Johann van Esch and Heinrich Voes in Brussels (c. 1523)

Gotha

Topics:
6. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology after Reformation (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Johann van EsschenLutheran martyrsLutheranismMarian MartyrsMartyrdomProtestantism

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)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomReconquistaSaintsSpainWomen Martyrs

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

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

[ 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

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

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

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

Allori, Alessandro

I diecimila martiri del monte Ararat (1574)

from: Fondazione Federico Zeri

Chiesa di Santo Spirito, Firenze

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

Keywords: AltarpieceMartyrdomTen thousand martyrs

Anonymous / Unknown

Le Martyre de Sainct Andre (1611)

from: L. Richeome, La Peinture spirituelle ou l'Art d'admirer aimer et louer Dieu en toutes ses oeuvres, et tirer de toutes profit saluter, Lyonne, Pierre Rigaud, 1611, p. 2

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrs

Anonymous / Unknown

Mártires de Huécija. Martirio de trece frailes de San Augustín y otros fieles. [17-18^th Century]

Main Church of Huécija, Spain

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Beccafumi, Domenico

Saint Paul Enthroned [1515]

Opera della Misericordia, Siena

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPaintingsProtomartyrsSacrificial ObjectsSaint Paul

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyr Forced to Walk on Hot Coals and Burnt with Hot Oil (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 101

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortures and Infamy of the Martyrs (1591)

from: A. Gallonio, Trattato degli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentilicontro christiani, trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio, e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da' gentili contro christiani, descritte et intagliate in rame, Roma, Donangeli 1591, n. 15

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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