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Burges, Jean

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a French martyr, was a merchant in Paris; was condemned for declaiming against the mass and other popish ceremonies, and had his tongue bored through, and a hot iron rod tied or bored through one of his cheeks. He was burned at Paris in 1533. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 396.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Burges, Jean'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/burges-jean.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.