Lists of executed people for religious offenses

Lists of executed people for religious offenses, including heresy, apostasy, impiety, desecration and blasphemy. This list includes people executed legally and semi-legally but not people murdered extrajudicially.

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List

Afghanistan

Austria

• Balthasar Hubmaier (1485–1528), Vienna, Austria
• George Blaurock (1491–1529), Klausen, Tyrol
• Jakob Hutter († 1536), Innsbruck, Tyrol

Belgium

• William Tyndale (1490–1536), Belgium

Czech Republic

France

• Orléans heresy (1022) (burnt)
• Marguerite Porete († 1310), Paris, France
• Jacques de Molay (1243–1314), burned after conviction by a tribunal under the control of King Philip IV of France, Paris, France
• Geoffroi de Charney († 1314), burned with Jacques de Molay above, Paris, France.
• Guilhèm Belibasta († 1321), last Cathar, Villerouge-Termenès, France
• Na Prous Boneta († 1328)
• Joan of Arc (1412–1431), Trial of Joan of Arc, Rouen, France
• Jean Vallière († 1523), Paris, France
• Étienne Dolet (1509–1546), Paris, France
• Lucilio Vanini (Giulio Cesare Vanini) (1585–1619), Toulouse, France

Germany

• Jan Hus (1371–1415), Constance, Germany
• Jerome of Prague (1365–1416)
• Michael Sattler († 1527), Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
• Aefgen Listincx († 1538), Münster, Germany

Iran

Italy

• Gerard Segarelli († 1300)
• Fra Dolcino († 1307) (never tried by Catholic Church), Italy
• Cecco d'Ascoli († 1327), Florence, Italy
• Girolamo Savonarola, Domenico da Pascia, and Silvestro Maruffi († 1498), Florence, Italy (hanged and then burned)
• Pomponio Algerio († 1556) Boiled in oil, Rome
• Pietro Carnesecchi († 1567) Florence, Italy
• Menocchio (1532–1599), Italy
• Fulgenzio Manfredi (1560 ca. - 1610) Rome, Italy
• Gertrude Cordovana († 1724), Palermo, Italy

Netherlands

• Jan de Bakker († 1525), 1st martyr in the Northern Netherland
• Wendelmoet Claesdochter († 1527), 1st Dutch woman charged and burned for the accusation of heresy
• Anneke Esaiasdochter († 1539), The Netherlands
• Maria van Beckum († 1544)
• Ursula van Beckum († 1544)
• Weyn Ockers († 1568), Netherlands
• Dirk Willems († 1569), Netherlands
• Anneke Ogiers († 1570), Netherlands

Ottoman Empire

Poland

Portugal

• Kimpa Vita (1684–1706), Angola

Spain

Muslim Spain

Christian Spain

• Francisco de San Roman († 1540), Spain
• Augustino de Cazalla († 1559), Valladolid, Spain
• Carlos de Seso († 1559), Valladolid, Spain
• Leonor de Cisneros († 1568), Valladolid, Spain
• Caterina Tarongí († 1691)
• Ana de Castro († 1736), Peru, Spain
• María de los Dolores López († 1781), Seville, Spain

Somalia

Sweden

Switzerland

• Michael Servetus (1511–1553), Geneva, Switzerland
• Nicolas Antoine (1602–1632), Geneva, Switzerland

United Kingdom

Catholic Britain

• William Sawtre († 1401), Smithfield, London, England
• John Badby († 1410), Smithfield, London, England
• William Taylor († 1423), Smithfield, London, England
• Pavel Kravař († 1433)
• Joan Boughton († 1494), Smithfield, London, England
• Agnes Grebill († 1511), Kent, England
• Ipswich Martyrs († 1515–1558)
• Patrick Hamilton († 1528), St Andrews, Scotland
• Richard Bayfield († 1531), Smithfield, England
• Thomas Benet († 1531), Exeter, England
• Thomas Bilney († 1531), Norwich, England
• Joan Bocher († 1531), Smithfield, England
• Thomas Harding († 1532), Chesham, England
• James Bainham († 1532), Smithfield, England
• John Frith (1503–1533), Smithfield, England
• John Forest († 1538), Smithfield, England
• Henry Filmer († 1543), Windsor, England
• Robert Testwood († 1543), Windsor, England
• Anthony Pearson († 1543), Windsor, England
• Maria van Beckum († 1544)
• Ursula van Beckum († 1544)
• Colchester Martyrs († 1545 to 1558), 26 people, Colchester, England
• George Wishart (1513–1546), St Andrews, Scotland
• John Hooper († 1555), Gloucester, England
• John Rogers († 1555), London, England
• Canterbury Martyrs († 1555–1558), c.40 people, Canterbury, England
• Laurence Saunders, (1519–1555), Coventry, England
• Rowland Taylor († 1555), Hadleigh, Suffolk, England
• Cornelius Bongey, († 1555), Coventry, England
• Dirick Carver, († 1555), Lewes, England
• Robert Ferrar († 1555), Carmarthen, Wales
• William Flower († 1555), Westminster, England
• Patrick Pakingham († 1555), Uxbridge, England
• Hugh Latimer (1485–1555), Oxford, England
• Robert Samuel († 1555), Ipswich, England

• Nicholas Ridley (1500–1555), Oxford, England
• John Bradford († 1555), London, England
• John Cardmaker († 1555), Smithfield, London, England
• Robert Glover († 1555), Hertford, England
• Thomas Hawkes († 1555), Coggeshall, England
• Thomas Tomkins († 1555), Smithfield, London, England
• Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Oxford, England
• Stratford Martyrs († 1556), 11 men and 2 women, Stratford, London, England
• Guernsey Martyrs († 1556), 3 women, Guernsey, Channel Islands
• Joan Waste († 1556), Derby, England
• Bartlet Green († 1556), Smithfield, London, England
• John Hullier († 1556), Cambridge, England
• John Forman († 1556), East Grinstead, England
• Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver († 1558), Ipswich, England

Protestant Britain

• Robert Barnes († 1540), Smithfield, England
• Thomas Gerrard († 1540), Smithfield, England
• Anne Askew (1521–1546), Smithfield, England
• John Lascelles († 1546), Smithfield, England
• John Adams († 1546), Smithfield, England
• Joan Bocher († 1550), Smithfield, England
• George van Parris († 1551), Smithfield, England
• Stephen Cotton († 1558), Brentford, England
• Matthew Hamont († 1579), Norwich, England
• Francis Kett († 1589), Norwich, England
• Bartholomew Legate (1575–1612), Smithfield, England
• Edward Wightman (1566–1612), relapsed heretic, Lichfield, England

Eastern Orthodox countries

• Basil the Physician († 1118), by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus; heresy
• Avvakum Petrovich (1620–1682), by Tsar Feodor III of Russia; combating the Starovery movement
• Quirinus Kuhlmann († 1689), by Tsar Ivan V of Russia; considered politically dangerous

Other countries

Sublists

• List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation
• List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation
• List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation

See also

• Blasphemy laws

References

References

External links

• Foxe's book of Martyrs Retrieved 27 February 2013