Domingo de Soussa. Sermón En El Auto Público De Feé, Que El Tribunal De El Santo Officio De Nueva España, Celebró El Día Catorze De Junio De 1699 En El Real Convento De N.P.S. Domingo De México.

Exceptionally rare account of the last Auto de Fe carried out by the Inquisition in Mexico City in 1699. In this instance, those accused of heresy included a merchant by the name of Fernando de Medina who practiced Judaism in secret. The chronicle describes that de Medina vehemently refused to atone of his Jewish faith and was thus condemned to being burnt alive. At no point did he ask for mercy, and when Medina was about to die amidst the flames, he called over a Catholic priest, and with his final words exclaimed that he was dying as a Jew. The text records the remarkable event: “Having come to the stake with the same stubborn serenity…he called a Religious man of those who assisted him in that last trance, but it was only to protest that he died in the faith of those circumcised. After that, all hopes of his salvation were completely frustrated.”