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.
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
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
‘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
Estado de la perseguida iglesia del Xapón
Saragossa: Hospital Real, 1639.
Asia in the Making of Europe
Chicago: The A.H. Clark Company, 1965-.
Les saints martyrs canadiens
Laval, Québec: Singulier, 1988.
Testimonios autenticos acerea de los protomartires del Japon
Mexico City: Fondo Pagliai, 1954.
Etude sur les écrits de Saint Jean de Brébeuf
Montreal: Éditions de l'Immaculée-Conception, 1852.
The first five Franciscan martyrs (1524)
Chiesa di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
Carta que escrivió el Capitan Don Antonio de Lima, cautivo en la ciudad de Argel, al R. P. M. Fr. Gabriel Gómez de Losada, Redemptor dos vezes del Orden de N. S. de la Merced Redempción de Cautivos; en que le avisa de la muerte del Hermano Pedro de la Concepción, fundador de los Hospitales de Argel, que padeció en defensa de nuestra santa Fé, y la grande constancia que tuvo en ella
n. p.: n. p., 1667.
Carta que escrivió el Capitan Don Antonio de Lima, cautivo en la ciudad de Argel, al R. P. M. Fr. Gabriel Gómez de Losada, Redemptor dos vezes del Orden de N. S. de la Merced Redempción de Cautivos; en que le avisa de la muerte del Hermano Pedro de la Concepción, fundador de los Hospitales de Argel, que padeció en defensa de nuestra santa Fé, y la grande constancia que tuvo en ella.
Madrid: Julián de Paredes, 1667.
The Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies
London (New Delhi): Hakluyt Society, 1598 (1988).
Jan Baptist van Baëza (1630 - 1677)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Trattato su alcuni punti della religione dei cinesi
in La Cina. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Edited by Carlo Sini. 41–90. Milano: Spirali, 1987: , 1987.