James of Jülich

James of Jülich (Jacob van Gulik) (died 1392) was a Franciscan friar who, while falsely claiming to be a bishop, was sentenced by a tribunal of seven bishops to be boiled alive after it was discovered he had ordained a number of priests following his admittance as an auxiliary bishop by Floris van Wevelinkhoven, Bishop of Utrecht. Despite the scandal caused, his sentence was later mitigated in execution.[1]

References
  1. Thurston, Herbert (1910). "Impostors". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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