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T1 UN NEOMARTIRE ORTODOSSO NEL TEATRO GESUITICO: Il caso interconfessionale di Markos Kyriakopoulos  = AN ORTHODOX NEOMARTIER IN THE JESUITIC THEATER: The interfaith case of Markos Kyriakopoulos .
JF Rivista di storia del cristianesimo
VO 18
IS 2
SP 441
OP 470
A1 Bruno-Chomin, Giuseppe
LA Italian
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1801152012
AB The Ottoman Empire of the early modern period was inhabited by people from across Europe and the Mediterranean. Many Christians embraced Islam to facilitate their integration into Ottoman society. Yet some regretted their apostasy and, as an act of contrition, sacrificed their lives at the hands of Ottoman officials. These individuals became known as "neomartyrs", and their hagiographies circulated among Christians in support of their common faith. This essay considers the Orthodox neomartyr Markos Kyriakopoulos whose death, witnessed and documented by Jesuit missionaries, transcended geographical and cultural boundaries. His conversion experience was incorporated into Catholic historiography and, during the late Counter-Reformation, was adapted by several Jesuit colleges for their didactic theater. Jesuit dramatists recognized the interdenominational value of Markos’ story, which they appropriated and modified, during a period of sociocultural and interreligious tension.
K1 Apostasy
K1 Christians
K1 Jesuit Theater
K1 Markos Kyriakopoulos
K1 Neomartiri
K1 Neomartyrs
K1 Ottoman Empire
K1 Smirne
K1 Smyrna
K1 teatro gesuitico