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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 ...
The Catholic Encyclopedia states that "with the formal recognition of the Church by the State and the increase of ecclesiastical penalties proportioned to the increase of ecclesiastical offences, came an appeal from the Church to the secular arm for aid in enforcing the said penalties, which aid was always willingly granted [...] deviations ...
The stoning to death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in a painting by the 16th-century Spanish artist Juan Correa de Vivar. In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. [1]
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.
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).
Models of Faith: Tārore: ca. 1824 October 1836 12 New Zealand: Anglicanism: Martyr Lay Evangelist, Church Mission Society: Manche Masemola: 1913 February 4, 1928 15 South Africa: Anglicanism: Martyr Annelies Marie [Anne] Frank: June 12, 1929 February 1945 15 Germany: Judaism: Martyr 148 Student Martyrs of Garissa: April 2, 2015 Kenya ...
Martyrs Theodore and his son, John, of Kiev: 10th c. Kiev: in all Rus lands: The Franciscan protomartyrs: 1220: Morocco: of the Franciscan order: Peter of Verona: 1252 Italy: of the Dominican Order: Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala [5] 1527: Mexico: in the Americas: Juan de Padilla: 1542: Kansas: in what is now the United States: Luis Cáncer: 1549 ...
Most articles should be placed in a sub-category covering a specific time period. In the case of the later periods, the article should also be placed in a denominational sub-category. Note that the denominational categories are not used to identify which churches honour a particular martyr, but rather the church to which the m