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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Patrick Hamilton, Henry Forrest, George Wishart and Walter Milne Two people were executed under heresy laws during the reign of James I (1406–1437). Protestants were then executed ...
Hung up on 26 crosses with chains and ropes, the Christians were lanced to death in front of a large crowd on Nishizaka Hill. Saint Paul Miki is said to have preached to the crowd from his cross. The main theme inherent in both the museum and monument is "The Way to Nagasaki" – symbolising not only the physical trek to Nagasaki but also the ...
The Nithsdale Martyrs Cross at Dalgarnock near Thirnhill. Grierson of Lag, known as 'Cruel Lag', had been active in requiring those living in the area to take the Abjuration Oath [4] and Captain Bruce brought Edward and Alexander before him, pressing for an assize to be arranged to try them. [3] 'Monsterous Lag' would have none of it, although ...
James Renwick (15 February 1662 – 17 February 1688) was a Scottish minister who was the last of the Covenanter martyrs to be executed before the Glorious Revolution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was born at Moniaive in Dumfriesshire , the son of a weaver, Andrew Renwick.
The Political Martyrs Monument, located in the Old Calton Burial Ground on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, commemorates five political reformists from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Designed by Thomas Hamilton and erected in 1844, it is a 90 ft (27 m) tall obelisk on a square-plan base plinth , all constructed in ashlar sandstone blocks.
Scottish Catholic martyrs (11 P) Scottish people martyred elsewhere (2 P) This page was last edited on 18 June 2022, at 04:05 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Gibson was the son of Lord George Gibson II (+1590) of Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland, a judge of the High Court of Scotland, who was a "free baron" under charter of King James IV of Scotland. His great-uncle and namesake, Bishop William Gibson, Dean of Restalrig , had been one of the leading Catholic clergymen in Scotland prior to the Scottish ...
The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Milne and three other martyrs: Patrick Hamilton, Henry Forrest, and George Wishart. Walter Milne (died April 1558), also recorded as Mill or Myln, was the last Protestant martyr to be burned in Scotland before the Scottish Reformation changed the country from Catholic to Presbyterian.