Keyword: Martyrdom – Image Gallery

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

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

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Killed in Boiling Water (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. 80

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Küsel, Melchior

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

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

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Ways in which Martyrs were Drowned, 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. 153

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Unknown

The martyrdom of the prophet Zakariya, who, taking refuge in a tree, was sawn in half by two men. (1605 - 1610)

from: This album of 104 folios known as the Clive Album

London, V&A Museum

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIndiaIslamManuscriptMartyrdomMughalZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

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

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

Žefarović, Hristofor

Raspeće Hristovo i stradanja apostola(Crucifixion and the Martyrdoms of the Apostles) (1751)

Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad

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

Keywords: ApostlesChristCrucifixionEngravingsMartyrdom

Anonymous / Unknown

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

from: Sacra Rituum Congregatio, Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...], Madrid, Bernardus de Villa Diego, Sanctae Cruciatae et Divini Officii Typographus, 1676.

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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

Hidalgo, Anselmo

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

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zurbarán, Francisco de

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

Unknown

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Guerra, Giovanni

Tortured Martyrs in Different Ways, 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. 119

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Orfelin Stefanović, Zaharija

Sveti Đorđe sa izgledom manastira Senđurđa (St George with scenes from his life) (1769)

Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad

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

Keywords: EngravingsMartyrdomSaint GeorgeSerbia

Vela Cobos, Cristóbal

Santa Victoria [1644]

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

Hernández López, Rafael

S[a]n Rodrigo, Patrono de Cabra (19^th Century)

Sacresty of the San Francisco y San Rodrigo Church, Cabra (Spain). Oil on Zinco plate.

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

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Statue of Saint Pelayo [18^th Century]

Church of the Episcopal Seminary, Cordova

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Jacques de Molay is burned at the stake as a heretic (1314) (18 ?)

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

Keywords: CrusadesFireHeresyHoly WarsMartyrdom

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

[White, Robert]

bottom left, Cranmer, Bishop Nicholas Ridley, and Bishop Hugh Latimer burning at the stake, with Queen Mary I and a monk observing from a balcony above (1682)

from: Engraved title-page to Gilbert Burnet, 'The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England' (London, Richard Chiswell, 1682)

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: British IslandsEnglandEnglish ReformationMartyrdom

Maestro de Becerril

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova [1520]

Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

Jode, Pieter de

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

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

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsMartyrdomNative AmericansPeruSpanish Missionaries

Murillo Carreras, Rafael

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

Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous/Unknown

Sveta Paraskeva (Petka) sa žitijem (St Paraskeva with scenes from her life) (17th century)

Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad

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

Keywords: IconMartyrdomSaint ParaskevaSaint PetkaSerbia

Anonymous / Unknown

Les instruments du martyre (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. 672

Topics:
0. General bibliography (19^th-21^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomMartyrologySacrificial Objects

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

Unknown

(1651)

from: Samuel Clarke, A Generall Martyrologie (London, 1651)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMartyrologyProtestantism

Maderno, Carlo

Saint Cecilia (1600)

Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Altar, Rome

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

Keywords: MartyrdomRomeSaintsSculptureWomen Martyrs

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

Küsel, Melchior

P. Bernardus de Cisneros, P. Didacus de Orosco, P. Ioannes de Valle, P. Ludovicus de Alabes Hispani, Soc: Iesu, à Barbaris Americanis occisi fidei in nova Hispania Ao. 1616. 18 Novemb: (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. 470

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: Christian MissionaryJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomMexicoNative Americans

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Ancient Tools of Torture, 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. 159

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

Salvador Gómez, Vicente

Aparición de la Virgen a San Pedro Pascual [1670]

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

Carrasco, Nicolás

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

Engraving (one-sheet devotional print).

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

Carucci, Jacopo (dettoPontormo)

I diecimila martiri, San Maurizio e il massacrodella legione tebana (1528-1530)

from: Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

Galleria palatina, Firenze

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

Keywords: MartyrdomSt. MauriceTen thousand martyrs

Bouttats, Gaspar (1640-1695/1696

Martyrdom of Edward Oldcorne and Nicholas Owen (mid 17th century)

National Portrait Gallery, London

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

Keywords: Edward OldcorneSJJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomNicholas Owen SJ

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

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

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

Carpaccio, Vittore

I diecimila crocifissi del monte Ararat (1515)

Venezia, Gallerie dell'Accademia

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMount AraratTen thousand martyrs

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus [frontispice] (1602)

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

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

Keywords: FrontispieceIconographyMartyrdomPunishmentTortures

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Blessed Álvaro from Cordoba (O.P.) (17^th Century)

Convent of Santo Domingo de Escalaceli, Cordoba

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

Keywords: HagiographiesIconographyMartyrdomReconquistaSaints

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

Küsel, Melchior

The martyrdom of Father Antonius Sociro, stabbed in Sri Lanka in 1637 (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. 385

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

Keywords: Christian MissionaryJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomSri Lanka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main Altar of the Nuestra Señora del Martirio Parish Church in Ugíjar (Spain). (17^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: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

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

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Cutting out the Tongues, Extracting the Teeth and Cutting off the Breasts of 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. 125

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Blinded and Tortured 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. 97

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

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

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

Zacharias sawn in half in a tree (1570-1580)

from: Qazwin, Iran

Dallas Museum of Art (Keir Collection), Dallas K.1.2014.1166 (III.278) folio: 231r

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

Keywords: Human SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaSafavidZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

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

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Bound and Beaten 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. 59

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Solís, Francisco de

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

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Roundel with Martyrdom of Saint Jacobus Intercisus [1520]

The Met Cloisters, New York

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Catholic MartyrsMartyrdomMartyrologyPersiaSaints

Anonymous / Unknown

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

Oviedo Cathedral (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Merisi, Michelangelo da Caravaggio

Beheading of St. John the Baptist (1608)

St. John's Malta Co-Cathedral (La Valletta, Malta)

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

Keywords: Bible, New TestamentBloodChristian HistoryEarly ChristianityMartyrdom

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Corpses of Anabaptists on the Gallows Field, 1535 (17^th Century)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Dutch AnabaptismMartyrdomNetherlands

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

[ 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