María de Bohórquez (1539 in

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– 1559 in Sevilla), was a Spanish Protestant. She was executed for

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by the

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and was regarded a Protestant

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. She became the subject of a novel, ''Cornelia Bororquia. Historia verdadera de la Judith'' by

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(1799).

References

* Juan Antonio Llorente: Historia crítica de la Inquisición española, Volumen 2, Gmünd 1820 1. Sección 21 parte principal, capítulos 14 y 15 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohorquez, Maria de 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