María de Bohórquez
María de Bohórquez (1539 in Sevilla – 1559 in Sevilla), was a Spanish Protestant. She was executed for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition and was regarded a Protestant martyr. She became the subject of a novel, Cornelia Bororquia. Historia verdadera de la Judith by Luis Gutiérrez (1799).
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- Juan Antonio Llorente: Historia crítica de la Inquisición española, Volumen 2, Gmünd 1820 1. Sección 21 parte principal, capítulos 14 y 15
Categories:
- 16th-century Protestant martyrs
- 16th-century Spanish people
- 1539 births
- 1559 deaths
- People executed for heresy
- People executed by Spain by burning
- Spanish evangelicals
- People executed by the Spanish Inquisition