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[[Image:Pedro Berruguete - Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fe (1475).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Representation of an Auto de fé, as depicted by [[Pedro Berruguete]] (around [[1495]]<ref name="Prado">*[http://www.museodelprado.es/en/ingles/collection/on-line-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/saint-dominic-presides-over-an-auto-da-fe/ Page of the painting] at [[Prado Museum]].</ref>).]] | |||
''Auto de fé'' in medieval Spanish (and in Portuguese) means "act of faith". | |||
An '''auto de fé''' was the ritual of public [[penance]] of condemned [[heresy|heretics]] and [[apostate]]s that took place when the [[Spanish Inquisition]] or the [[Portuguese Inquisition]] had decided their punishment (that is, after the trial). | An '''auto de fé''' was the ritual of public [[penance]] of condemned [[heresy|heretics]] and [[apostate]]s that took place when the [[Spanish Inquisition]] or the [[Portuguese Inquisition]] had decided their punishment (that is, after the trial). The phrase is used most frequently in English in its alternative Portuguese form '''auto-da-fé'''. | ||
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}}</ref>. Contemporary historians of the [[Conquistador]]s, such as [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]], recorded them. They were also held in the Portuguese colony of [[Goa]], [[India]], following the establishment of the [[Goa Inquisition|Inquisition]] there in 1562-1563. | }}</ref>. Contemporary historians of the [[Conquistador]]s, such as [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]], recorded them. They were also held in the Portuguese colony of [[Goa]], [[India]], following the establishment of the [[Goa Inquisition|Inquisition]] there in 1562-1563. | ||
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*[[Voltaire]] featured an auto-da-fé held by the people of Lisbon after the [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] in chapter six of his satire ''[[Candide]]'' (1759). The people of Lisbon believed that this "great ceremony was an infalliable means of preventing the earth from quaking." | *[[Voltaire]] featured an auto-da-fé held by the people of Lisbon after the [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] in chapter six of his satire ''[[Candide]]'' (1759). The people of Lisbon believed that this "great ceremony was an infalliable means of preventing the earth from quaking." | ||
[[Leonard Bernstein]] composed and produced a [[Candide (musical)|musical adaptation]] in 1956, featuring a song called "Auto-da-Fé" which included the chorus line "It's a lovely day for drinking and for watching people die", referring to the spectacle of public executions. | *[[Leonard Bernstein]] composed and produced a [[Candide (musical)|musical adaptation]] in 1956, featuring a song called "Auto-da-Fé" which included the chorus line "It's a lovely day for drinking and for watching people die", referring to the spectacle of public executions. | ||
*[[Herman Melville]] dedicated his novel ''Confidence Man'' (1857) to "victims of auto-da-fe." | *[[Herman Melville]] dedicated his novel ''Confidence Man'' (1857) to "victims of auto-da-fe." | ||
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*This term was used by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] in the short story, [[The Pit and the Pendulum]]. | *This term was used by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] in the short story, [[The Pit and the Pendulum]]. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[uk:Аутодафе]] | [[uk:Аутодафе]] | ||
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