The 26 Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Chur
Statue of Philip of Jesus in the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, Mexico
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment and torture in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam, or stake, and usually left to hang until eventual death, which could t
26 Martyrs of Japan
…The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan. A promising beginning…
Depiction of Jesus Christ's crucifixion alongside the penitent thief and the impenitent thief. (Christian art, 15th-century Strasbourg)
Gabriel von Max's 1866 painting Martyress depicts a crucified young woman and a young man laying flowers at her feet
1st century calcaneum (heel bone) with a nail
A 19th century depiction of the crucifixion of Spendius and other rebel leaders by the Carthaginians after the Battle of the Saw in 238 BCE