Topic: 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16th-18th 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 19th to 21st centuries, providing contemporary insights into the historical context and significance of these sacrifices.

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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

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

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

Linschoten, John Huyghen van; Burnell, C. (Ed.)

The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies

London (New Delhi): Hakluyt Society, 1598 (1988).

Keywords: Asia

Longobardi, Niccolò; Leibniz, Gottfried W. (Ed.)

Trattato su alcuni punti della religione dei cinesi

in La Cina. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Edited by Carlo Sini. 41–90. Milano: Spirali, 1987: , 1987.


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