Topic: 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16th-18th century)

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

From the sixteenth to the eighteenth Century, Catholic missionary endeavors across the globe produced a wealth of sources that shed light on various forms of sacrifice. These sources often intertwine factual accounts with the emphasis on martyrdom, adopting specific theological, narrative, and iconographic frameworks. This section presents a comprehensive collection of early modern printed sources and images that illustrate these dynamics. Additionally, it includes a thorough bibliography covering scholarly works from the 19^th to 21^st centuries, providing contemporary insights into the historical context and significance of these sacrifices.

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

Lettres apologetiques du P. Norbert, capucin, où il dévoile les calomnies que les P.P. jésuites ont répandu sur tout en Italie & en France, dans un grand nombre de libelles contre sa personne et ses ouvrages, presentés a Benoit XIV

Litterae Quadrimestres ex universis praeter Indiam et Brasilam locis in quibus aliqui de Societate versabantur Romem missa

Litterae quadrimestres ex universis praeter Indiam et Brasiliam locis in quibus aliqui de Societate Jesu versabantur Romam missae

Marcellianum Alphabetum, Seu Tres & viginti Virtutes Venerandi Patris Marcelli Mastrilli, S.J.

Minami Gorozaimon Joannes nobilissimus Iapon a fide Christiana in idololatriam prolapsus, et ab hac denuo expeditus, gladio, eiusque filius Ludovicus cruci adiu- dicatus

Narratio persecutionis aduersus christianos excitatae in variis Ioponiae regnis ann. MDCXXVIII, MDCXXIX, MDCXXX

Nouvelles des Missions Orientales, reçues au Séminaire des Missions étrangères à Paris, en 1782, 1791, 1792. Pouvant servir de suite aux Lettres édifiantes des Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus

Nuovi avisi dell’India dei reverendi padri della Compagnia di Giesù. Ricevuti quest’anno MDLXX

Nuovi avisi dell’Indie di Portogallo, ricevuti dalli reverendi padri della Compagnia di Giesù, tradotti dalla lingua Spagnuola nell’Italiana

Phoebus post nubila: Frölicher Sonnen-Blick Welcher In Japon nach trüben Ungewitter zwischen dem König desselben Reichs, und Tito einem Christlichen Ritter, unverhofft erfolget

Propagation of the Gospel in the East: Being an Account of the Success of Two Danish Missionaries, Lately Sent to the East-Indies for the Conversion of the Heathens in Malabar.

Purpurata Japoniae magnanimitas in Simone Tachenda, aulico, duce, martyre, expressa

Raccolta d’opuscoli curiosi ed interessanti intorno agli affari presenti di Portogallo

Ragguaglio delle cose più notabili occorse nella felicissima morte di cento sessanta cinque fortissimi martiri

Relación breve de los grandes y rigurosos martirios que el año passado de 1622. dieron en el Japón, a ciento y diez y ocho illustrissimos martyres, sacada principalmente de las cartas de los padres de la Compañia de Jesús que allí residen

Relacion de las grandes y nuevas persecuciones que al presente se han levantado en el Japon contra los Christianos, y religiosos que andan predicando en aquel reyno

Relación de vna grande perseccción qve el ano de 1614 [...]

Relationes et Epistolas fratrum minorum Hispanorum in Sinis qui annis 1697-98 missionem ingressi sunt

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