George Wishart

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George Wishart was a 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr whose preaching and ideas significantly shaped the early Scottish Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
Scottish Protestant reformer
person
activeYears c. 1540–1546
associatedWith English Reformation circles at Cambridge
Reformed churches in Switzerland
causeOfDeath execution for heresy
commemoratedBy Scottish Protestant churches
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfBirth c. 1513
dateOfDeath 1 March 1546
educatedAt University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
Catholic University of Leuven
surface form: University of Leuven
era 16th century
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Wishart
givenName George
hasCategory Scottish Protestant martyrs
Scottish Reformation figures
hasInfluenceOn Presbyterian tradition in Scotland
influenced John Knox
Scottish Reformation
knownFor advocacy of Reformed doctrine
itinerant preaching in Lowland Scotland
martyrdom at St Andrews
languageSpoken Latin
Scots
mannerOfDeath execution by burning
movement Scottish Reformation
notableEvent arrest at Ormiston
trial for heresy at St Andrews
notableWork preaching in Scotland
occupation preacher
theologian
opposedBy Cardinal David Beaton
Scottish Catholic clergy
participantIn early Scottish Reformation
placeOfBirth Angus
Scotland
placeOfDeath Fife
Scotland
St Andrews
positionHeld Protestant evangelist
religion Protestantism
theologicalOrientation Reformed

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John Knox influencedBy George Wishart