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Most were executed in the short reign of Mary I in what is called the Marian persecutions. Protestant theologian and activist John Foxe described "the great persecutions & horrible troubles, the suffering of martyrs, and other such thinges" in his contemporaneously-published Book of Martyrs.
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.
The Actes and Monuments (full title: Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church), popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by Protestant English historian John Foxe, first published in 1563 by John Day.
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.
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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 .
Pages in category "Protestant martyrs of England" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 203 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .