Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12th-20th century) – Image Gallery

The Death of Josselin, Earl of Montmorency (1825)
Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin (Italy)

Martyrdom of Antonio, Fernando, Pedro, Juan, Luis, Bartolomé and Juan Quixada. [18-19th Century]
Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Martirio (Our Lady of Martyrdom Parish Church), antechamber. Ugíjar (Spain)

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova (19-20th Century)
Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

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.

San Acisclo (1645)
Church of the Martyrs of Colodro, Cordoba (Spain)

Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (full image). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapius (1622)
Cuenca Cathedral, Main Altar. Cuenca (Spain)

Ecce Servus meus, Suscipiam eum, electus meus, complacuit sibi in illo anima mea, dedi Spiritum meum super eum, iudicium gentibus proferet... Isa. 42. Deduxit eos in Spe, et Inimicos eorum operuit mare Et induxit eos in Montem Sanctisficationis Sive Montem quem acquisivit dextera eius. Ps. 77. [1620]
from: Antolínez de Burgos, J. Historia eclesiástica de Granada [manuscript, composed around 1620 and conserved in the Library and Historical Archives of the Abadía de Sacromonte, Granada].

Martyrdom of Saint Roderick (17th Century)
Church of San Juan de Dios, Cabra (Spain)

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

The first five Franciscan martyrs (1524)
Chiesa di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Martyrdom of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (16-17th Century)
Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)

Myracle of Saint Peter Pascual before the king Totila (18th Century)
Pedro Pascual Chapel, Sagrario: within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

Discovery of the leaden books of Sacromonte (Granada) [1741]
from: Heredia Barnuevo, Diego N. Mystico ramillete historico, chronologyco, panegyrico, texido de las tres fragrantes flores del nobilissimo antiguo origen, exemplarissima vida, y meritissima fama posthuma del Ambrosio de Granada ... el Illmo. y V.Sr. Don Pedro de Castro, Vaca y Quiñones ... Arzobispo de Granada, y Sevilla, y Fundador Magnifico de la Insigne Iglesia Colegial del Sacro Monte Illipulitano, Granada, Imprenta Real, 1741.

the young Hindu woman accompanies her bridegroom's coffin to the funeral pyre and decides to commit sati (1657)
from: Walters manuscript W.649 (Burning and Melting)
The Walters Art Museum

¡Qué valor! (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Ugíjar Martyrs (1610)
from: Antolínez, J. Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, 1610.

Roundel with Martyrdom of Saint Jacobus Intercisus [1520]
The Met Cloisters, New York

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].

No quieren (n. 10) (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

The Capture of Damiate (1219) (about 1625 - 1627)
from: oil on canvas
The Frans Hals Museum (section: Dutch Golden Age paintings).

After suffering a long siege, Malta finally repels Turks' attack (1565) (1852)
Salles des Croisades, Châteaux de Versailles, Versailles (France)

Mártires Mercedarios en Proceso de Beatificación. 1936. (20th Century)
Curia Provincial Orden de la Merced, Madrid.

San Pedro Pascual (detalle) (17th Century)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

Martyrdom of Pedro Armengol (the painting shows the hanging of the Saint and the intervention of the Blessed Mother). (16-17th Century)
Prado National Museum, Madrid (Spain)

Statue of Saint Raymundo Nonnatus (detail 2) (1626)
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville (Spain)

Miniature from Raymond Lull's Vita coetanea or a Threaty on the Demonstration of the Truth of Christianity through Art (Breviculum, miniature V). [1325]
from: Breviculum o Vida de Mestre Ramon. Latin XIV century Codex with Miniatures by Thomas Le Myésier (miniature V).
The Codex is conserved at the Karlsruhe Badischen Landesbibliothek (Germany), Karlsruhe, Bad. L. Bibl. 92.

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.

Curarlos, y á otra (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Santa Flora, Mártir de Córdoba. Santa María, Mártir de Córdoba. (17-18th Century)
from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Fuerte cosa es! (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Altar and reliquary of Saint Sisenandus of Beja (18th Century)
Sé de Beja (Cathedral of St. James the Great), Beja (Portugal)

Main Altar of the Nuestra Señora del Martirio Parish Church in Ugíjar (Spain). (17th Century)
Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Martirio (Our Lady of Martyrdom Parish Church). Ugíjar (Spain)

The Saracen: I would rather hang myself with a noose, than suffer the vengeance of Christians for having blasphemed Christ. [1325]
from: Breviculum o Vida de Mestre Ramon. Latin XIV century Codex with Miniatures by Thomas Le Myésier (miniature III).
The Codex is conserved at the Karlsruhe Badischen Landesbibliothek (Germany), Karlsruhe, Bad. L. Bibl. 92.

Tombstone of the Priest José María Ruíz Cano, martyr in El Otero (Siguenza, Spain) on July 27th 1936. (20th Century)
Tombstone in Siguenza (Spain)

Martyrdom of Saint Pelayo from Cordova [1520]
Catedral de la Encarnación, Malaga (Spain)

Guillaume de Clermont defending Ptolemais (Acre) from Saracen siege in 1291 (1845)
from: oil on canvas
Salles des Croisades : Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles (France)

Saint Raymond Nonnatus (17th Century)
Private Collection. Madrid (Spain)

Statue of Saint Pelayo [19th Century]
Ermita de San Pelayo, Morales del Rey (Spain)

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)

Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (detail). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordoba (857) (17th Century)
Old Masters Picture Gallery - State Art Museum, Dresden (Germany)

San Eulogio Chapel, in Cordoba Cathedral [detail] (1618)
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

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

Martyrdom of the Franciscan Protomartyrs (1673)
Pinacoteca di Treia (Treia Art Gallery)

Los fusilamientos del 3 de mayo 1808 (1814)
Prado Museum, Madrid

S. Fandila Már[ti]r, Protector de las siminteres. [1800 - 1820]
Painting on metal (tin)

Sculpture representing Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (detail) (1981)
Parish of Asunción y Ángeles, Cabra (Spain)

Shrine containing the relics of Gonzalico, a ten-years old child from Mairena, who died as a Martyr in 1568 during the Moriscos' Rebellion in the Alpujarras mountains (Spain). [17-18th Century]
Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Martirio (Our Lady of Martyrdom Parish Church). Ugíjar (Spain)

“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.

Frontispiece of the book Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, 1638. (1638)
from: Bermúdez de Pedraza, F. Historia Eclesiástica de Granada, Granada, 1638.

Será lo mismo (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Discovery of the leaden books of Sacromonte (Granada) [1741]
from: Heredia Barnuevo, Diego N. Mystico ramillete historico, chronologyco, panegyrico, texido de las tres fragrantes flores del nobilissimo antiguo origen, exemplarissima vida, y meritissima fama posthuma del Ambrosio de Granada ... el Illmo. y V.Sr. Don Pedro de Castro, Vaca y Quiñones ... Arzobispo de Granada, y Sevilla, y Fundador Magnifico de la Insigne Iglesia Colegial del Sacro Monte Illipulitano, Granada, Imprenta Real, 1741.

Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, martyr in Granada (1300) (1676)
from: Pedro Pascual (Santo), Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...], Madrid, 1676

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

“Licenciado Juan Díaz Gallego Collegial de esta casa y Beneficiado de Cadiar, padeció por Christo en Ferreira, abiendose retirado a la torre de la Yglesia con otros Christianos a la qual pegaron fuego y estando predicando a los infieles desde una ventana fue atrabesado con una saeta, viernes 24 de diciembre de 1568.” (1761)
Pontificio y Real Seminario de San Cecilio (Cloisters). Granada, Spain.

Our Lady of Martyrdom (Sculpture). Ugíjar, Spain. (15th Century)
Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Martirio (Our Lady of Martyrdom Parish Church). Ugíjar (Spain)

San Aurelio y Santa Sabigotho su Muge. Y San Jorge Monje. San Féliz y Santa Liliosa, su Muger. Mártires de Córdoba. (17-18th Century)
from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

Tombstone of the Priest Tommaso from Sardinia, victim of a supposed Ritual Murder by Jews in Damascus, along with his servant Ibrahim Amarah, on February 1840. The Italian inscription on the Graveyard says: “D.O.M. Qui riposano le ossa del padre Tommaso da Sardegna assassinato dagli ebrei il 5 febbraio nell’anno 1840”. (1840)
Capuchin Church in Damascus (Syrie).

Statue of Saint Eulogius, Cordovan Martyr [18th Century]
San Francisco and San Eulogio Church, Cordoba (Spain).

Tantos, y más … (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Beheading of the five martyrs of Morocco (1508)
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon (Proceeding from San Francisco Church in Évora, Portugal)

Enterrar y Callar (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

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.

The Death of Alberic Clement at the Siege of Acri (1191) (1838)
Salles des Croisades, Châteaux de Versailles, Versailles (France)

No se puede saber por qué (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

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

San Pedro Pascual (17th Century)
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Spain)

Basílica del Valle de los Caídos (Cross) (1940 - 1958)
Abadía de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos (San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain).

Duro es el paso (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

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).

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.

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.

Templars being burned at the stake. (14th Century)
from: 14th century Manuscript Chronicle titled: Von der Schöpfung der Welt bis 1384 [ From the Creation of the World until 1384 ].
Bibliothèque Municipale, Besançon, France.

Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade (1827 - 1829)
France National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Richelieu), Paris

Altarpiece of Saint Roderick (16-17th Century)
Church of San Juan de Dios, Cabra (Spain)

Martyrdom of Saint Serapion of Algiers (Mercedarian, 1179 - 1240) (1628)
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Saint Pelayo being tortured by order of Abderramán III in Cordoba [17th Century]
Main Altarpiece of the parish Church of Saint Pelayo Martyr, Olivares de Duero (Valladolid, Spain).

San Pelagio y San Sancho. Mártires de Córdoba. (17-18th Century)
from: Picture in anonymous devotional card

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.

¿Por qué? (1863)
from: Goya, F. Desastres de la guerra, Madrid, Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, 1863

Silver Shrine containing the relics of the Cordovan Martyr Saint Eulogius. (16-17th Century)
Oviedo Cathedral (Spain)

San Ramón Nonnato [19th Century]
Unknown

Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) (1789)
Parish of the Assumption (Parroquia de la Asunción). Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres (Spain).

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

Trinitarian Martyrs of Algiers (17th century) [17th Century]
from: Religious card

Statue of Saint Pelayo [18th Century]
Church of the Episcopal Seminary, Cordova

Martyrdom of S. Eulogius and S. Leocricia of Cordoba [1910]
from: Historia de España, III vols., ed. M. Seguí, 1910-1927.

Saint Eulogius from Cordoba is announced his Martyrdom (detail). [1630]
Mezquita - Catedral de Córdoba (San Eulogio Chapel). Cordoba (Spain)

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter Pascual (19th Century)
Sagrario Church, within the Cathedral of Jaén (Spain)

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

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

The Martyrdom of St Serapius (1608-1612)
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville