Persecuted Collection

SAINT TARCISIUS Roman Christian who was killed by passers-by as he carried The Host through the streets, during a period when Christians were persecuted Date: 3RD OR 4TH CENTURY

Sawtre, Lollard, Burns
William Sawtre, priest of St Osyths church, London, is burnt for following the heretical views of Wyclif : he is considered to be the first Lollard martyr

RELIGION PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

ORTHODOX PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

The martyrdom of Jan Hus, Czech religious leader, seized despite promise of safe conduct, and burnt for heresy. Date: 1415

The Maid-Of-All-Work is put upon. Now, Betsy be quick and wash up the breakfast things, clear the kitchen, make the beds, and get me up carefully a pair of sleeves

MEETING OF PROTESTANTS
Persecuted protestants meet secretly in the hills, Provence. Date: circa 1700

PROTESTANT CHILD TAKEN
Protestant children are abducted from their families and brought up as Catholics. Date: 1686

Protestants persecuted, France 1703
Protestant homes in France, where they might attempt to hold religious congregations, are attacked and burned. Date: 1703

Monastery Destroyed
RELIGION PERSECUTED On the pretext of building a cultural centre, officials blow up the church of an ancient monastery Date: 1930

Vianney Photo
SAINT J B M VIANNEY known as the Cure d Ars, French churchman, persecuted by demons who disapproved of his piety. Photo 1858 Date: 1786 - 1818

Sollius Sidonius
SOLLIUS SIDONIUS much-persecuted churchman and statesman of Gaul, whose remains lie in a church at Clermont. Date: 432? - 482?

Group of Romanian Jews
A group of Romanian Jews, with a quotation from Prime Minister Carp. Below is an historical note about the persecution of the Jews in Romania in 1866

Bishop Bonners Cottages
Built c. 1502, these pargetted picturesque thatched cottages, in East Dereham, Norfolk, England, were once the home of BISHOP EDMUND BONNER, who cruelly persecuted Protestants Date: early 16th century

Waldenses to Piedmont
Sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, the Waldenses - deemed heretics by Rome - take refuge in Piedmont

Protestants Persecuted
Following the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, protestants are officially persecuted : troops disperse an assembly in Provence

Temple Destroyed
With the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted : their temple at Charenton is demolished

Dragonnades
After the revocation of the Edit de Nantes, which promised religious toleration, French protestants are officially persecuted in the infamous dragonnades

Waldenses Flight - 1
Persecuted by Louis XIV and his Italian allies, the heretical sect of the Waldenses flee to Switzerland and Germany. They are attacked in the Balsille

Prophets of the Cevennes
THE PROPHETS OF THE CEVENNES Persecuted after Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, the French protestants in the Cevennes manifest remarkable prophesying, convulsions etc

Henry IV Marches Out
King Henry IV marches out to deal with the Lollards (followers of Wyclif) who are revolting in London - Oldcastles Rebellion - against being persecuted

Events / Syria / Diplomacy
The French mission to Syria, on behalf of the persecuted Maronite Christians, meet Fuad Pasha, Turkish foreign minister, appointed to deal with the matter, at Damascus

Elijah on the Run
The persecuted prophet Elijah is protected by an angel who brings him food and drink

LOUVOIS
FRANCOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER marquis de LOUVOIS - autocratic French statesman who engineered the revocation of the Edit de Nantes and persecuted protestants

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