CHT465700 Martyrdom of Simon at Trent, after a woodcut in \'Liber Chronicarum Mundi\', published Nuremburg, 1493 (woodcut) by Wolgemut or Wolgemuth, Michael (1434-1519); Private Collection; (add.info.: Supposed martyrdom of a Christian boy by Jews at Easter, 1475; Misshandlung des Simon von Trient; Simon of Trent (1472 -1475); When a three year old Christian boy, Simonino, later known as Simon (or Simeon) of Trent, disappeared in 1475 on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, the city\'s small Jewish community was accused of killing him in an act of ritual murder, draining his blood for Jewish ritual purposes. Eight Jews were tortured and burned, and their families forced to convert to Christianity; within 6 months of the boy\'s death, the bishop of Trent, Johannes Hinderbach, published the first book printed in Trent, "Story of a Christian Child Murdered at Trent," illustrated with 12 woodcuts, the prototypes of the many subsequent depictions of this story; in 1588, Pope Sixtus V declared the boy a saint; in 1965, after the Second Vatican Council, Simon of Trent was removed from the calendar of saints of the Roman Catholic Church; Holzschnitt aus: Geschichte des zu Trient ermordeten Christenkindes; ); 穢 Archives Charmet; German, out of copyright.