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.
Mancius Mizzoguchi Iappon (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646
Mancius Taichicus Iappon (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646
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
John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
Martyrdom of St. Philip of Jesus [17th Century]
Saint Anthony of Padua Convent, Puebla City, Mexico
Martyrdom of the Italian Jesuit Tristano d'Attimis (1748) [19th Century]
from: Massara, E. Dei padri Tristano Francesco de Attimis e Giuseppe Henriquez della Compagnia di Gesù, Cividale del Fiuli, 1906
Märtyrer von Nagasaki (1628)
from: Kilian, W. A.. Drey Seelige Martyrer der Societet Jesu, Augsburg, 1628
Martyrs of Japan (1668)
from: Hazart, C. Kirchen-Geschichte, vol. I, p. 196 (Omata-Rappo, Des Indes lointaines aux scènes des collèges: les reflets des martyrs de la mission japonaise en Europe (XVI -XVIII siècle) (2016), fig 123)
Martyrs of Japan (1608)
from: Ricci, B. Triumphus Jesu Christi crucifixi, Antwerp, Joannes Moretus, 1608 (Omata-Rappo, H. Death on the Cross; the Beatification of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki (1627) and the Iconography of the Crucifixion, in Universo Barroco Iberoamericano 16 (2020) p. 142)
John Burns Library, Boston
Martyrs of Japan2 (1608)
from: Ricci, B. Triumphus Jesu Christi crucifixi, Antwerp, Joannes Moretus, 1608 (Omata-Rappo, H. Death on the Cross; the Beatification of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki (1627) and the Iconography of the Crucificion, in Universo Barroco Iberoamericano 16 (2020) p. 143)
John Burns Library, Boston
Martyrs of Nagasaki (1626)
from: Speed, J. The Kingdome of China Newly Augmented (Omata-Rappo, H. Death on the Cross; the Beatification of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki (1627) and the Iconography of the Crucifixion, in Universo Barroco Iberoamericano 16 (2020) p. 136)
Harvard Pussey Library, Boston
Martyrum pretiosa mors (1640)
from: Imago primi saeculi (Omata-Rappo, Des Indes lointaines aux scènes des collèges: les reflets des martyrs de la mission japonaise en Europe (XVI -XVIII siècle) (2016), fig 98
Matthias Sanga Iappon (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646
Michael et Linus (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
Michael et Matthias, Thomas et Matthias (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
Michael Xumpo Iappon (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646
Naauw-keurige aanteekeningen van William Methold (1707)
from: van der Aa, P. Naauw-keurige aanteekeningen van William Methold, Presiden van de Engelsse Maatschappy, gehouden op sijn Voyagie, in het jaar 1619, Leiden, 1619
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html
Nails (1678)
from: Hazart, C. Die Asiatische Länder, Vienna, Voigt, 1678
Octo Christi (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
P. Martinus de Aranda Hispanus Chilensis, P. Horatius de Vechis Senensis, et Didacus de Montalbán Hispanus Mexicanus Societatis Iesu in Odium Fidei Anganamonis iussu lanceis [confossi] clava percussi, tandem abscisso capite occubuerunt in Elicura Provincia Chilensi 11 decembris 1646. Romae Superiorum Permissu. (1646)
from: Ovalle, A. Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile, Roma, 1646.
Pater Antonius Franciscus Critana Hispanus (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646