Keyword: Martyrdom – Image Gallery

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Tortured with Ropes and Crushed with a Press (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. 31

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Being 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. 99

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Küsel, Melchior

‘Duo fratres coadjutores.’ Two anonymous Jesuit co-adjutores, one shown struck by arrows, the other beaten by a club in Brazil (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. 441

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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

Keywords: BrazilChristian MissionaryJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

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

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

Ricci, Juan Andrés

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapius (1622)

Cuenca Cathedral, Main Altar. Cuenca (Spain)

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

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

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

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

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

[El Greco], Domenikos Theotokopoulos

Martirio de San Mauricio y la Legión Tebana (1582)

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

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

Keywords: History of Ancient RomeIconographyIdolatryMartyrdomPagan Sacrifice

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 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

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

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

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

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)

Guardi, Giovanni Antonio

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

Private collection

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

Keywords: Christian-Islamic relationsMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsPriesthood

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

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

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

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

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

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

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Ldo. Juan Lorenzo Beneficiado y Vicario de Andarax fue puesto sobre un brasero y abrasado hasta las rodillas i después entregado a las moras que fieras sacándole los ojos y arrastrándole acabaron de matar a pedradas que como Laurencio y Esteban triunfó de sus enemigos. Martes 28 de Diciembre de 1568. (1761)

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Anonymous / Unknown

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Bound 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. 155

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

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

[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

Chiha, Michel

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

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

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

Keywords: Jewish StudiesMartyrdomOttoman EmpirePersecutionsViolence against Clergy

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

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

Czechowicz, Szymon (1689-1775)

Martyrdom of St. John of Nepomuk (ca 1750)

National Museum,Warsaw

Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: MartyrdomPragueSt. John ofNepomuk

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

Saint Pedro Pascual from Valencia, Martyr in Granada in 1300 (1674)

from: Colombo, F., Relación de las fiestas, que el Real Convento de Santa Catalina de Toledo del Real, y Militar Orden de nuestra Señora de la Merced, Redencion de Cautivos, consagro a la solemnidad de la extension del culto, y rezo concedido a San Pedro Pasqual de Valencia ...: con los tres sermones, que en las fiestas predicaron los tres señores Canonigos Magistrales de la Santa Iglesia de Toledo. Y un epitome de la vida del Santo, sacado, y añadido de los processos que en su causa se hizieron, Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1674.

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

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

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

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

from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

Vignon, Claude

Saint Catherine refusing to sacrifice to idols (1623-1625)

Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: IdolatryMartyrdomSelf-Sacrifice

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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

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

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

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

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. 67

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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Mare, Johannes de

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

Curia Provinciale dei Padri Trinitari, Rome

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

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

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

Küsel, Melchior

Father Didacus Carvallius (Carvalho) being executed by submersion in a frozen lake in Japan on February 22, 1624 (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Pragae, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, 1675, p. 313

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

Keywords: Christian MissionaryDidacus Carvallius (Carvalho)JapanJesuits (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

Some Priests of Ugíjar (Spain) being martyrized in Alpujarras mountains during moriscos' rebellion of 1568-1569. [18-19^th Century]

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

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

Keywords: AlpujarrasMartyrdomMassacresMoriscosPersecutions

Palomino de Castro y Velasco, Antonio

Saint Eulogius, Cordovan Martyr (18^th Century)

Unknown

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Cordoba (Spain)

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

Cordoba Cathedral, Cordoba (Spain)

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

Keywords: AnticlericalismMartyrdomMassacresSpanish Civil WarViolence against Clergy

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

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

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

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)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Unknown

Martyrdom of the prophet Zakarīyā (Zechariah) (XVI)

from: Nīšāpūrī, Isḥāq Ibn-Ibrāhīm: Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol. 3

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

Keywords: BibleIranIslamMartyrdomPersiaQur'an

Arbasia, Cesare

Saints Pelayo, Eulogio and Leocricia, Martyrs in Cordoba (16-17^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: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

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

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

Mesa, Juan de

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (detail 2) (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

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

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

Espinosa, Jerónimo Jacinto

Raymond Nonnatus, Saint (17^th Century)

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTortures

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint 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

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

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

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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyr Bound to a Wheel and Thrown off a Cliff (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. 27

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

Heemskerck, Maarten van - Cock, Hieronymus - Galle, Philips

Samson brings down the pillars of the temple (1551-1600)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomNetherlandsSamsonSelf-SacrificeTemple

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

Mesa, Juan de

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (detail 1) (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

Küsel, Melchior

Priest or monk is martyred by a native American who beats him on his head with a war club. Includes rosary, harbor, ship, bow, and arrows. P. Ferdinandus Santaren Hispanus, Soc: Iesu, Religionis causâ ab Indis Americanis occisus. in nova Hispania A. 1616. 20 Novembris (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. 477

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.)MartyrdomNative Americans

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

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Ancient Tools of Torture, 3 (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. 75

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects

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

Arjona Navarro, Miguel

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

Parish of Asunción y Ángeles, Cabra (Spain)

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

Keywords: MartyrdomPersecutionsReconquistaSaintsSpain

Anonymous / Unknown

Le Martyre de trente neufallans au Bresil (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. 190

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsJesuits (S.J.)MartyrdomMartyrologyPortuguese Empire

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

[ 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

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

[ 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 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

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

Anonymous / Unknown

Saint Pedro Pascual from Valencia, Mercedarian Bishop and Martyr (1300) [17^th Century]

Jaén Cathedral (Jaén, Spain)

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

Keywords: GranadaMartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaints

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

[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

Anonymous / Unknown

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

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

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

Keywords: MartyrdomMercedarians (O. de M.)ReconquistaSaintsTombstones

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

Guerra, Giovanni

Martyrs Burnt inside a Boat (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. 103

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

Keywords: Christian HistoryMartyrdomMartyrologyProtomartyrsSacrificial Objects