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Hellen Stirk or Helene Stirk or Helen Stark (died 27 January 1544) was one of the Perth Martyrs, a group of Scots executed for their Protestant beliefs in Perth in the period immediately before the Scottish Reformation. She was convicted of blasphemy and executed by drowning in (or close to) the River Tay. Her offence was a failure to cry out to the Virgin Mary during the rigours of childbirth.

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  • Hellen Stirk or Helene Stirk or Helen Stark (died 27 January 1544) was one of the Perth Martyrs, a group of Scots executed for their Protestant beliefs in Perth in the period immediately before the Scottish Reformation. She was convicted of blasphemy and executed by drowning in (or close to) the River Tay. Her offence was a failure to cry out to the Virgin Mary during the rigours of childbirth. (en)
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  • 1544-01-27 (xsd:date)
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  • 1544-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Forced Drowning (en)
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  • 1544-01-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Perth (en)
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  • Execution for blasphemy (en)
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  • Hellen Stirk or Helene Stirk or Helen Stark (died 27 January 1544) was one of the Perth Martyrs, a group of Scots executed for their Protestant beliefs in Perth in the period immediately before the Scottish Reformation. She was convicted of blasphemy and executed by drowning in (or close to) the River Tay. Her offence was a failure to cry out to the Virgin Mary during the rigours of childbirth. (en)
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