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Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...
Many Christian martyrs were executed under the Islamic death penalty for defending their Christian faith through dramatic acts of resistance such as refusing to convert to Islam, repudiation of the Islamic religion and subsequent reconversion to Christianity, and blasphemy toward Muslim beliefs.
Martyrs of Nowogródek: 11 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth executed by the Gestapo in 1943 in occupied Poland. Martyrs of Otranto: 813 residents of the city of Otranto, Italy put to death in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam. Saints of the Cristero War: 25 Catholic saints and martyrs who died in the Mexican Cristero War.
Throughout the course of the persecutions, Foxe lists 312 individuals who were burnt or hanged for their faith, or died or sickened in prison. Three of these people are commemorated with a gothic memorial in Oxford, England, but there are many other memorials across England. [8] They are known locally as the "Marian Martyrs".
Pages in category "Lists of Christian martyrs" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
This is a list of people burned after being deemed heretics by different Christian Churches.The list does not attempt to encompass the list of those executed by burning for other reasons (such as victims of witch hunts or other persecutions).
110 Infant and Child Martyrs of Luçon: February 28, 1794 15 days–7 yrs France: Luçon: Servants of God: Louise Marmet: 1769 April 5, 1794 25 France: Lyon: Servant of God: Martyrs of Uganda (1885–1887) Dionysius [Denis] Ssebuggwawo Wasswa: ca. 1870 May 25, 1886 16 Uganda: Kampala: Saint: Ambrosius [Ambrosio] Kibuka: ca. 1868 June 3, 1886 18 ...
For example, in Beirut, Martyrs' Square is a public square that's dedicated to Lebanese nationalists who were executed by the Ottomans. In Palestine, the word ‘martyr’ is traditionally used to mean a person killed by Israeli forces, regardless of religion.