Joan Of Arc

Joan Of Arc

female, deceased (1431)
hero, Roman Catholic, Christian heresy, beatified, canonization, executed under the Lancastrians…executed by burning at the stake, executionbyburning, Historical figures portrayed by Shakespeare, execution, excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church
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...
Christian Martyrs

Christian Martyrs

male
Papists, paul of tarsus, heretics, crucifixion, executionbyburning, Stoning…burning at the stake
A Christian martyr is one who, without seeking his own death or any harm to others, is murdered or put to death for his religious faith or...
Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

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

William Tyndale

male, deceased (1536)
Protestant, Old Waynflete, Tudor clergy, Brussels, Belgium, executed by burning at the stake, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford…executionbyburning
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. 1494-September 6, 1536) was a 16th century Protestant reformer and scholar who...
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…execution, executed by burning at the stake, executionbyburning
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,...
Jacques de Molay

Jacques de Molay

male, deceased (1314)
Crusader states, burnt at the stake, executionbyburning, French king, King of France, Medieval Knights Templar…executed by burning at the stake
Jacques de Molay (est. 1244–5/1249–50 – 18 March 1314), a minor Frankish noble, served as the 23rd and officially last Grand Master of the Knight...
Laurence Saunders

Laurence Saunders

male, deceased (1555)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, executed under the Tudors, executed by burning at the stake, executed for heresy, English, tudor…execution, executionbyburning
Laurence Saunders (1500s - February 8, 1555), was the son of Thomas Saunders and Margaret Cave of Harrington, Northamptonshire, England. He was...

Edward Wightman

male, deceased (1612)
English Baptist minister, executed by burning at the stake, Lichfield, execution, abomination, capital punishment…burning at the stake, executionbyburning
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...
Rowland Taylor

Rowland Taylor

male, deceased (1555)
Protestant martyr of the Early Modern era, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy, execution, Anglican priest, From Northumberland…executed by burning at the stake, executionbyburning
Rowland Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr of the Tudor period. He was born in Northumberland, England,...
Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt

male, deceased (1635)
German, drowning, guild, executioner, nuremberg, bamberg…burning, executionbyburning
Franz Schmidt, also known as Meister Franz, was executioner in the region of Bamberg from 1573 to April 1578, and from 1 May 1578 till the end of...