James Renwick (Covenanter)

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James Renwick was a Scottish minister who was the last of the Covenanter martyrs to be executed before the Glorious Revolution. A supporter of the Scottish Reformation, he refused to follow the episco

Statue of James Renwick, Valley Cemetery, Stirling by Alexander Handyside Ritchie

Inscription on the Renwick Monument, Moniaive

Darmead Memorial (Covenanters Monument), near Forth. Ministers who held conventicles here include Donald Cargill, Richard Cameron, Thomas Douglas and James Renwick.

View of the Renwick Monument, Moniaive

Martyr

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A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial

James Renwick (Covenanter)

…James Renwick (15 February 1662 – 17 February 1688) was a Scottish minister who was the last of the Covenanter martyrs to be executed before the Glorious Revolution. A supporter of the Scottish Reformation, he refused to follow the episcopal church of the king of England…

Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II depicting the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, who were martyred when Roman soldiers set their church on fire on Christmas Day, AD 302

Charles I is regarded by many members of the Church of England as a martyr because, it is said, he was offered his life if he would abandon the historic episcopacy in the Church of England. It is said he refused, however, believing that the Church of England was truly "Catholic" and should maintain the Catholic episcopate.

Sculpture at Mehdiana Sahib of the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur by Mughals in 1716[citation needed]

Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Attavante degli Attavanti, Vatican Library[citation needed]