John Philpot

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John Philpot was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and archdeacon who became a prominent Marian martyr after being executed for his religious beliefs under Queen Mary I.

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instanceOf English Protestant clergyman
Marian martyr
archdeacon
martyr
person
causeOfDeath execution by burning
commemoratedIn Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Protestant martyrologies
convictedOf heresy
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
countryOfDeath Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1516
dateOfDeath 18 December 1555
denomination Anglicanism
educatedAt New College, Oxford
University of Oxford
era 16th century
floruit mid-16th century
gender male
hasHistoricalPeriod Tudor England
hasReligionConflictWith Roman Catholicism
hasRoleIn Protestant resistance to Marian Catholic restoration
hasTitle Archdeacon
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
mannerOfDeath burned at the stake
nativeLanguage English
notableFor being a Marian martyr
opposition to the Marian restoration of Catholicism
religious disputations under Queen Mary I
occupation clergyman
theologian
opposedBy Roman Catholic Church authorities under Mary I
participantIn English Reformation
Marian persecutions
persecutedUnder Mary I of England
placeOfBirth Lichfield
Staffordshire
placeOfDeath Smithfield, London
positionHeld Archdeacon of Winchester
religion Protestantism
religiousAffiliation Reformed theology
rememberedFor defending Protestant doctrine before ecclesiastical courts
steadfastness under interrogation
underMonarch Mary I of England
victimOf religious persecution
wrote A Treatise of the Church
Examinations and Writings of John Philpot

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