Keyword: Christian Missionary
Martyrdom of Fray Francisco Lopez who stands before a group of native Americans who have shot him and six other Franciscans with arrows. The other Franciscans are Juan de Padilla, Antonio de Cuellar, Alois de Villa[lobos], Pedro Burgos, Francisco Donzelis, and Juan Serrano (1625)
from: Marianus, de Orscelar, Gloriosus Franciscus rediuiuus siue Chronica observantae strictioris ... eiusdemque per Christianos orbes, non solùm, sed & Americam, Peru, ... Indos Orientis, Ingolstadt, Wilhelmi Ederi, 1625, p. 330
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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
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
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Ignatius Fialho, missionary in the Maghul empire, surrounded by Muslims woth swords (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. 342
Martyrdom of the Jesuit Giannonius and Kidera by hanging upside down in 1633 (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. 351
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
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Pedro de Espinosa kneels before a vision of the Virgin Mary and Child while a native American prepares to kill him with an ax or hatchet. Paraguay in 1637 (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. 495
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Petrus Correa et Joannes Sosa.’ Pero Correia and João de Sousa are pierced by arrows in Brazil in 1554 (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. 438
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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
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The beheading of Augustine Ota in Japan on August 10, 1622. (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. 288
The Jesuit Diego Alfaro, killed in the battle of Caazapá-guazú in which he fought alongside the Guaraní Indians against the Brazilian bandeirantes (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
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
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
‘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
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