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.
Name Date Crime Method
Franz Wunderlich[ 1]
1688
Desecration
Beheading
Maria Anna Rossenberger (19)[ 1]
1697
Desecration
Beheading
Anna Rosina[ 1]
1702
Desecration
Beheading
Maria Francisca Rosenburgerin (19)[ 1]
12 May 1705 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Catherina N. (24)[ 1]
17 February 1707 Desecration
Beheading
Elisabeth Stainin (23)[ 1]
16 March 1708 Desecration
Beheading
Hans Georg Fritsch (47)[ 1]
June 1709 Blasphemy
Beheading
Elizabeth N. (31)[ 1]
10 December 1709 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Anna Kaufeuthner (28)[ 1]
1710
Desecration
Beheading
Johann Posch (19)[ 1]
7 June 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Anna Catherina Köpferin (18)[ 1]
12 July 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Clara Dorothea Jancovitschin (23)[ 1]
30 August 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Susanna Grallin (19)[ 1]
27 September 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Magdalena Zechirlin (20)[ 1]
Maria Elisabeth N. (20)[ 1]
17 November 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Benigna Rosina Weninger (17)[ 1]
23 November 1712 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Magdalena N. (18)[ 1]
8 February 1713 Desecration
Beheading
Stefan Maurer (16)[ 1]
9 August 1713 Desecration
Beheading
Unnamed girl (15)[ 1]
31 August 1713 Desecration
Beheading
Magdalena N. (19)[ 1]
20 October 1713 Desecration
Beheading
Unnamed woman (26)[ 1]
2 March 1714 Desecration
Beheading
Unnamed woman (20)[ 1]
24 March 1714 Desecration
Beheading
Unnamed woman (19)[ 1]
8 August 1714 Desecration
Beheading
Andreas Mühlbacher (17)[ 1]
27 March 1715 Desecration
Beheading
Maria Anna Wälnerin (22)[ 1]
3 April 1715 Desecration
Beheading
Adam Hirschbeck (15)[ 1]
18 June 1715 Desecration
Beheading
Andreas Frisch (16)[ 1]
13 December 1715 Blasphemy
Beheading
Anna Margaretha N. (26)[ 1]
25 October 1716 Desecration
Beheading
Anna Maria Nitzlin[ 1]
November 1718 Desecration
Beheading
Unnamed woman
11 June 1720 Desecration
Beheading
Joan of Arc at the stake, 1431 Orléans heresy (1022) (burnt)Marguerite Porete († 1310), Paris, FranceJacques de Molay (1243–1314), burned after conviction by a tribunal under the control of King Philip IV of France , Paris, FranceGeoffroi de Charney († 1314), burned with Jacques de Molay above, Paris, France.Guilhèm Belibasta († 1321), last Cathar , Villerouge-Termenès, FranceNa Prous Boneta († 1328)Joan of Arc (1412–1431), Trial of Joan of Arc , Rouen, FranceJean Vallière († 1523), Paris, FranceÉtienne Dolet (1509–1546), Paris, FranceLucilio Vanini (Giulio Cesare Vanini) (1585–1619), Toulouse, France
Burning of Jan Hus in Constance, 1415
Name Date Crime Method
Hossein Soodmand[ 3] 3 December 1990 Apostasy Hanging
Bahman Samandari[ 4] 18 March 1992 Apostasy Unknown
Ruhollah Rohani[ 5] 21 July 1998 Apostasy Unknown
Seyed Ali Gharabat[ 3] 26 January 2011 Apostasy Hanging
Mohsen Amiraslani 24 September 2014 Blasphemy Hanging
Yousef Mehrdad 8 May 2023 Blasphemy
Hanging
Sadrollah Fazeli Zare
Gerard Segarelli († 1300)Fra Dolcino († 1307) (never tried by Catholic Church), ItalyCecco d'Ascoli († 1327), Florence, ItalyGirolamo Savonarola , Domenico da Pascia, and Silvestro Maruffi († 1498), Florence, Italy (hanged and then burned)Pomponio Algerio († 1556) Boiled in oil, RomePietro Carnesecchi († 1567) Florence, ItalyMenocchio (1532–1599), ItalyFulgenzio Manfredi (1560 ca. - 1610) Rome, ItalyGertrude Cordovana († 1724), Palermo, Italy[ 6]
Name Date Crime Method
Anna Utenhoven 17 July 1597 Heresy
Burned at stake
Name Date Crime Method Notes
Unknown Armenian 1843 Apostasy Beheading Accepted Islam, but later returned to Christianity.[ 7]
Unknown man 1852 Apostasy Beheading Converted from Islam to Christianity, executed in Aleppo.[ 8]
Unknown man 1853 Apostasy Beheading Converted from Islam to Christianity, executed in Adrianople.
Batto Sfez Affair 1857 Blasphemy Beheading
Francisco de San Roman († 1540), SpainAugustino de Cazalla († 1559), Valladolid, SpainCarlos de Seso († 1559), Valladolid, SpainLeonor de Cisneros († 1568), Valladolid, SpainCaterina Tarongí († 1691)Ana de Castro († 1736), Peru, SpainMaría de los Dolores López († 1781), Seville, Spain
Name Date Crime Method
Abdirahman Ahmed 15 January 2009 Apostasy
Mohamud Mursal Muse[ 10] 2015 Blasphemy
Hassan Tohow Fidow 2021 Blasphemy Firing squad[ 10]
Burning of William Sawtre, 1401 William Sawtre († 1401), Smithfield, London, EnglandJohn Badby († 1410), Smithfield, London, EnglandWilliam Taylor († 1423), Smithfield, London, EnglandPavel Kravař († 1433)Joan Boughton († 1494), Smithfield, London, EnglandAgnes Grebill († 1511), Kent, EnglandIpswich Martyrs († 1515–1558)Patrick Hamilton († 1528), St Andrews, ScotlandRichard Bayfield († 1531), Smithfield, EnglandThomas Benet († 1531), Exeter, EnglandThomas Bilney († 1531), Norwich, EnglandJoan Bocher († 1531), Smithfield, EnglandThomas Harding († 1532), Chesham, EnglandJames Bainham († 1532), Smithfield, EnglandJohn Frith (1503–1533), Smithfield, EnglandJohn Forest († 1538), Smithfield, EnglandHenry Filmer († 1543), Windsor, EnglandRobert Testwood († 1543), Windsor, EnglandAnthony Pearson († 1543), Windsor, EnglandMaria van Beckum († 1544)Ursula van Beckum († 1544)Colchester Martyrs († 1545 to 1558), 26 people, Colchester, EnglandGeorge Wishart (1513–1546), St Andrews, ScotlandJohn Hooper († 1555), Gloucester, EnglandJohn Rogers († 1555), London, EnglandCanterbury Martyrs († 1555–1558), c.40 people, Canterbury, EnglandLaurence Saunders , (1519–1555), Coventry, EnglandRowland Taylor († 1555), Hadleigh, Suffolk, EnglandCornelius Bongey , († 1555), Coventry, EnglandDirick Carver , († 1555), Lewes, EnglandRobert Ferrar († 1555), Carmarthen, WalesWilliam Flower († 1555), Westminster, EnglandPatrick Pakingham († 1555), Uxbridge, EnglandHugh Latimer (1485–1555), Oxford, EnglandRobert Samuel († 1555), Ipswich, EnglandBurning of Latimer and Ridley, Oxford, 1555 Nicholas Ridley (1500–1555), Oxford, EnglandJohn Bradford († 1555), London, EnglandJohn Cardmaker († 1555), Smithfield, London, EnglandRobert Glover († 1555), Hertford, EnglandThomas Hawkes († 1555), Coggeshall, EnglandThomas Tomkins († 1555), Smithfield, London, EnglandThomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Oxford, EnglandStratford Martyrs († 1556), 11 men and 2 women, Stratford, London, EnglandGuernsey Martyrs († 1556), 3 women, Guernsey, Channel IslandsJoan Waste († 1556), Derby, EnglandBartlet Green († 1556), Smithfield, London, EnglandJohn Hullier († 1556), Cambridge, EnglandJohn Forman († 1556), East Grinstead, EnglandAlexander Gooch and Alice Driver († 1558), Ipswich, England
Burning of Anne Askew and John Lascelles, 1546 Robert Barnes († 1540), Smithfield, EnglandThomas Gerrard († 1540), Smithfield, EnglandAnne Askew (1521–1546), Smithfield, EnglandJohn Lascelles († 1546), Smithfield, EnglandJohn Adams († 1546), Smithfield, EnglandJoan Bocher († 1550), Smithfield, EnglandGeorge van Parris († 1551), Smithfield, EnglandStephen Cotton († 1558),[ 12] Matthew Hamont († 1579), Norwich, EnglandFrancis Kett († 1589), Norwich, EnglandBartholomew Legate (1575–1612), Smithfield, EnglandEdward Wightman (1566–1612), relapsed heretic, Lichfield, England Eastern Orthodox countries
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The "baptism by fire" of Old Believer leader Avvakum in 1682
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Kathy Stuart: Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany, 2023 ↑ 1547: Jan Olivetsky, Moravian publisher 1 2 Apostasy in The Islam Republic of Iran ↑ One Person’s Story Bahman Samandari ↑ One Person’s Story Ruhollah Rohani ↑ Fiume, Giovanna; Il santo moro: i processi di canonizzazione di Benedetto da Palermo (1594-1807) , 2000. ↑ Apostasy in islam ↑ Assessing the Legacy of the Ottoman Reform of 1856: Possibilities, Impossibilities, and Situational Changes in Religious Freedom ↑ KOŚCIOŁY I DUCHOWIEŃSTWO ŚREDNIOWIECZNEGO RADZIEJOWA 1 2 Al-Shabaab executes old Man for alleged Blasphemy , 5 August 2021↑ Bloch, Isaac (1906). "Antoine, Nicolas" . Jewish Encyclopedia Kopelman Foundation . Retrieved 21 November 2018 . ↑ Foxe, John (1831). Book of Martyrs: Or, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths, of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs : from the Commencement of Christianity, to the Latest Periods of Pagan and Popish Persecution ... 443 – via Internet Archive. stephen cotton.
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