Topic: 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12th-20th Century)
Spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, this section delves into the complex world of religiously motivated wars, where martyrdom and self-sacrifice dedicated to God played a pivotal role. It offers an extensive collection of printed sources and images that trace the evolution of this phenomenon through the crusades, the Reconquista, and various holy wars. This assortment includes materials from the twelfth to the twentieth century and provides a comprehensive bibliography that examines these events from both sacred and secular viewpoints.
Pedro Pascual, Saint (17th Century)
Curia Generale dell'Ordine della Mercede, Rome
Per Contemptibile Lignum Iustu Gubernans Sapi[enter]. Pusieron los Moros al Glorioso Patriarcha S. Pedro Nolasco en un pequeño Barco y dejándole con él en alta Mar sin Remos, Velas, ò Bastimento alguno para que o el mar o el hambre acabassen con él, Haziendo el Santo vela de su capa, mástil de su Cuerpo, atravessó de Argel à valenzia en brevissimo espacio sin Peligro alguno. (17th Century)
Convento di Nostra Signora di Bonaria, Cagliari (Italy)
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)
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.
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.
Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, martyr in Granada (1300) (17th Century)
from: Rodríguez Gálvez, R. San Pedro Pascual, Obispo de Jaén y mártir. Estudios críticos, Jaén, Establecimiento tipográfico La Unión, 1903.
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.
Saint Pelayo (bas-relief carved in stone) (11-12nd Century)
Museo Arqueológico de León (Spain). Formerly at the Colegiata de San Isidoro, León.
Saint Pelayo from Cordova [18-19th Century]
Ceramic Tiles in San Pelagio Seminary, Cordoba
Saint Ramon Nonatus Protecting a Slave (18th Century)
Museo Diocesano, Solsona (Lleida, Catalunya).
Saint Raymundo Nonato, Mercedarian. (17th Century)
Curia Generale dell'Ordine della Mercede, Rome
Saint Roderick, Martyr in Cordova (857) [1633 - 1668]
Altarpiece of the Main Altar of the Church of San Juan de Dios. Cabra (Spain)