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III. Autos de fe

Many of the infamous autos de fe, ritualized spectacles where sentences were announced and prisoners led off to be "penanced" amid much pomp and pageantry, generated special documentary genres of their own. Prisoner lists, printed sermon texts, descriptive (and sometimes illustrated) pamphlets known as relaciones all bear witness to the scale, the tenor, and the contemporary significance of these emblematic gatherings.

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Sermaõ que fez o padre Andre Gomez da Companhia de Iesus : no auto da fê, que se celebrou no recio da cidade de Lisboa, em 28. de nouembro, primeiro domingo do aduento de 1621 : sendo presentes os senhores gouernadores, & o senhor bispo inquisidor geral, com os tribunaes do s. officio, & reuerendo cabido, religioẽs, & nobreza da cidade.

Sermaõ que fez o padre Andre Gomez da Companhia de Iesus : no auto da fê, que se celebrou no recio da cidade de Lisboa, em 28. de nouembro, primeiro domingo do aduento de 1621 : sendo presentes os senhores gouernadores, & o senhor bispo inquisidor geral, com os tribunaes do s. officio, & reuerendo cabido, religioẽs, & nobreza da cidade.

Gomez, Andre

1621

Relacion de los autos particulares de fee, que se han celebrado en las Inquisiciones de Santiago, el dia 21. de septiembre de este año de 1722. en el Convento de Santo Domingo de dicha ciudad, y la de Cuenca, el domingo 22. de noviembre de dicho año, en el Convento de San Pablo, Orden de Predicadores, y de las personas que salieron en ellos, y de las sentencias en que fueron condenados.

Relacion de los autos particulares de fee, que se han celebrado en las Inquisiciones de Santiago, el dia 21. de septiembre de este año de 1722. en el Convento de Santo Domingo de dicha ciudad, y la de Cuenca, el domingo 22. de noviembre de dicho año, en el Convento de San Pablo, Orden de Predicadores, y de las personas que salieron en ellos, y de las sentencias en que fueron condenados.

1722

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The Inquisition collection at the University of Notre Dame contains at least 50 items which can serve to illustrate the richness and variety of documents produced to record the spectacular events known as inquisitorial autos de fe. Many other exemplars are listed in van der Vekene, and copies can be found at a variety of libraries including the Newberry (Chicago), Lilly (Indiana University, Bloomington), Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati), Catholic University of America (Washington) and Lea libraries (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) as well as in the state collections of Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro.

For more information about the collection, for appointments to view items for research purposes, or for rights and reproductions, please email us at rarebooks@nd.edu or visit our website.

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