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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 ...
This category lists Christian martyrs who were killed for their Protestant witness or beliefs from the Reformation era to the present day.. This category is one of a group that makes a hierarchy of sub-categories according to the main branches of Christianity within historical eras.
Plaque in Maidstone, Kent, commemorating those burnt nearby. Protestants were executed in England under heresy laws during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558), and in smaller numbers during the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553), Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and James I (1603–1625).
Protestant martyrs. Virgin martyrs. Pages in category "Lists of Christian martyrs" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Four Crowned Martyrs: nine people venerated as martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church. Korean Martyrs: 8,000–10,000 Catholics were killed during the 19th century in Korea, 103 of whom have been canonized. List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation: men and women executed under heresy laws during the Scottish Reformation.
Pages in category "16th-century Protestant martyrs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 231 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ipswich Martyrs († 1515–1558) Jean Vallière († 1523), Paris, France; Jan de Bakker († 1525), 1st martyr in the Northern Netherland; Wendelmoet Claesdochter († 1527), 1st Dutch woman charged and burned for the accusation of heresy; Michael Sattler († 1527), Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany; Patrick Hamilton († 1528), St Andrews, Scotland
The Bible reports the martyrdom of two of the apostles. Thus, within the lifetime of the Apostles, the term martyrs came to be used in the sense of a witness who at any time might be called upon to deny what he testified to, under penalty of death.