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Thomas Becket, 1170 - The most famous martyr of the Middle Ages. [74] Berard of Carbio and companions, 1220; Serapion of Algiers, 1240; Buzád Hahót, 1241; Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260; Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians; Tsar Lazar, 1389 [75 ...
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.
painter, also an Ely Martyr Oxford Martyrs 71. Hugh Latimer (or Latymer) Baxterley, Warwickshire [103] clergyman – chaplain to King Edward VI burnt 16 October 1555 outside Balliol College, Oxford [7] [104] 72. Nicholas Ridley: Fulham Palace: clergyman – Bishop of London under Edward VI Canterbury Martyrs of November 1555 73. John Webbe (or ...
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.
Christians executed for refusing to convert to Islam. Christian martyrs executed by decapitation. Eastern Orthodox martyrs. ... Protestant martyrs. Virgin martyrs.
In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. [1] In the years of the early church , stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing , stoning , crucifixion , burning at the stake , or other forms of torture and capital punishment .
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
This category lists Christian martyrs who were killed for their Protestant witness or beliefs from the 18th century 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.