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John Foxe
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Vinony files it under 1516 births, 1587 deaths and 16th-century English historians.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1516
- Died
- 1587
- Works
- 223
Top works
- De Christo gratis iustificante
- The pope confuted, the holy and apostolique church confuting the pope
- The acts and monuments of John Foxe
- Commentarii rervm in ecclesia gestarum, maximarum#, per totam Europam, persecutionum, à Vuicleui temporibus ad hanc us# aetatẽ descriptio. Liber primus ...
- The mirror of martyrs ... Whereunto is added two Godly letters written
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Key facts
- Born
- 1516/1517, Boston , Lincolnshire , England
- Died
- 18 April 1587, London, England
- Occupation
- Clergyman, author
- Genre
- Church history
- Literary movement
- Puritan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Magdalen College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- John Foxe from NPG cleaned.jpg
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- Commons category
- John Foxe
- date of birth
- 1516-00-00
- date of death
- 1587-00-00
- place of burial
- St Giles-without-Cripplegate
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Herbert Brün
- Commons Creator page
- John Foxe
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to John Foxe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587) was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe's Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and "proto-Protestants" from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries.
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