The novel figure Candide stands here as a heretic, with two clergymen, as part of Auto da Fe in Lisbon.
Auto da Fe refers to the ceremony for pronouncing judgment by the Inquisition which was followed by the execution of the sentence by secular authorities. In broad terms, Auto da Fe referred to the burning of a heretic. The French writer Voltaire (1694-1778) included an Auto da Fe in Chapter Six of his satire Candide. The ceremony occurred in Lisbon, Portugal, after the devastating earthquake of 1755. The heretic in this illustration is the figure in the middle, who is actually Candide, with the clergy on either side. Candide is dressed, as was appropriate for a heretic, with the miter and sanbenito—with illustrations that showed the flames reversed and devils with neither tails nor claws.
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Keywords: auto, candide, da, fe, french, heretic, inquisition, lisbon, miter, portugal, sanbenito, satire, voltaire
