William Tyndale

William Tyndale

male, deceased (1536)
Protestant, Old Waynflete, Tudor clergy, Brussels, Belgium, executedbyburningatthestake, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford…Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, king james version of the bible, executed for heresy, execution by burning, burnt at the stake
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. 1494-September 6, 1536) was a 16th century Protestant reformer and scholar who...
Joan Of Arc

Joan Of Arc

female, deceased (1431)
hero, Roman Catholic, Christian heresy, beatified, canonization, executed under the Lancastrians…executedbyburningatthestake, Christian martyr of the Medieval era, execution by burning, burnt at the stake, siege at Orléans
Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d'Arc in French, (1412 - May 30, 1431) is a 15th century national heroine of France. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized...
Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

male, deceased (1600)
Christian heresy, execution, writer, executed, craters of the Moon named after them, Roman Inquisition…executed for heresy, executedbyburningatthestake, execution by burning, burned at the stake
Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. Bruno is known for his system of mnemonics based upon organized...
Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer

male, deceased (1556)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, Christian heresy, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, queen mary, Tudor clergy…Episcopal Church in the United States of America, executed for heresy, executedbyburningatthestake
Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and...

Edward Wightman

male, deceased (1612)
English Baptist minister, executedbyburningatthestake, Lichfield, execution, abomination, capital punishment…executed, burning at the stake, executed for heresy, execution by burning
Edward Wightman (December 20, 1566 - April 11, 1612), a Baptist, was the last person to be executed for heresy in England by burning at the stake...
Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus

male, deceased (1553)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, nontrinitarian, Christology, protestant reformation, scientist, spanish…executed for heresy, executedbyburningatthestake
Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto; 29 September, 1511 - 27 October, 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician and humanist....
Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer

male, deceased (1555)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy…burned at the stake, executed for heresy, executedbyburningatthestake, execution by burning
Hugh Latimer (b. approx. 1485/90, d. October 16, 1555) was a famous Protestant martyr. Latimer was born into a family of farmers in Thurcaston,...
Jan Hus

Jan Hus

male, deceased (1415)
pope, Staroměstské náměstí, Czech language, John Paul II, Christian heresy, Charles University alumni…executed for heresy, executedbyburningatthestake, Christian martyr of the Medieval era, public holidays in the Czech Republic, burned at the stake
Jan Hus (alternative spellings John Hus, Jan Huss, John Huss) (c. 1370 Husinec (Prachatice District), Bohemia - July 6, 1415 Konstanz, Germany) was...

John Rogers

male, deceased (1555)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, executed under the Tudors, executedbyburningatthestake, execution, Bible translator, tudor…Company of the Merchant Adventurer, executed for heresy
John Rogers (c. 1500-4 February 1555) was a minister, Bible translator and commentator, and the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of...
Johannes Junius

Johannes Junius

male, deceased (1628)
torture victim, executedbyburningatthestake, executed for witchcraft, execution, Alleged witch, German
Johannes Junius (1573- August 6, 1628) was the Burgomeister of Bamberg, famous today for his letter written to his daughter from jail while he...