1542 ⟶ Moses Fishel of Cracow Dies a Martyr

Moses Fishel of Cracow is accused of proselytizing and dies ...

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✝️ Elhanan, Son of Isaac ben Samuel, Murdered for Refusing Conversion

Jewish martyr Elhanan, the son of Isaac ben Samuel, is murdered for refusing to convert.⟶

MartyrdomForced ConversionMedieval PeriodReligious PersecutionIndividual ViolenceAntisemitism12th Century

Solomon Molcho is burned at the stake for refusing to return to Catholicism after reverting to Judaism.⟶

MartyrdomSolomon MolchoReligious Persecution16th CenturyBurning at the stakeConversionHereticIndividual Violence

Italy

Katarzyna Weiglowa, a Roman Catholic woman from the Kingdom of Poland who converted to Judaism is burned at the stake in Kraków under the charge of apostasy for refusing to call Jesus Christ the Son of God. She is regarded by Jews (among others) as a Martyr.⟶

MartyrdomPolandReligious Persecution16th CenturyBurning at the stakeApostasyConversionIndividual ViolenceKatarzyna Weiglowa

Poland

Moses Fishel of Cracow is accused of proselytizing and dies a martyr.⟶

MartyrdomPolandCracow16th CenturyReligious PersecutionProselytizationIndividual Violence

Poland

Jeronimo Diaz, a New Christian physician, is burned at the stake for holding heretical opinions in Goa, India.⟶

IndiaGoaReligious Persecution16th CenturyBurning at the stakeNew ChristiansInquisitionIndividual Violence

India

Jewish heroine and Martyr Sol Hachuel is publicly decapitated at 17 years old in Fez, Morocco. She is executed for refusing to convert to Islam.⟶

Religious PersecutionIndividual ViolenceMartyrdomMorocco19th CenturySol HachuelForced Conversion

Morocco