The great martyrdom of Nagasaki
The great martyrdom of Nagasaki, September 10th 1622, in which 22 missionaries and native Christians were burnt to death, and 30 others, including several women and children, beheaded, in the presence of a vast crowd. Pope Pius IX commemorated this event by the beautification of 205 maytrs, which was decreed at Rome on the 7th of July, 1867
Picture No
10284984
Media ID
47419987
Size
4700px x 3029px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by P. Sellier(?) from a Japanese watercolour drawing of the period, preserved in the Gesu Convent in Rome
Date
September 10th 1622
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