# Hans Van Den Wege, Janneken Van Hulle, And Janneken Van Rentegem, A. D. 1570.

1570 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: HANS VAN DEN WEGE, JANNEKEN VAN HULLE, AND JANNEKEN VAN RENTEGEM, A. D. 1570.

Source heading; not independently verified

Jan van den Wege, having risen early one morning,
and then, about seven o’clock, gone with his
cousin to market, was apprehended at the fish
market at Ghent in Flanders, by master Klaes (who
was wont to ride out with the Dean of Ronse, in
order to assist in the apprehension of those called
heretics) and two other officers, and taken to the
Sausselet (the city prison), where master Klaes asked
him concerning his place of residence, which he refused
to tell. He was then searched; but they found
nothing on his person except a hymn; hence they
826took their departure from him, leaving him securely
locked in prison. Having, after many examinations
and vexations, boldly confessed his faith, and refusing
to apostatize from it in any wise, he was, on the
7th of November 1570, together with two young
maidens, named Janneken van Hulle, and Janneken
van Rentegem, sentenced to death for the living
word of God. When they were brought forth, almost
entirely stripped, the executioner put a gag
into each one’s mouth to prevent them from speaking.
Thus they went along in silence like sheep to
the slaughter, and saluted the brethren by nodding
to them. A brother was heard to say to them: “Be
valiant.” And a sister said: “Contend valiantly for
the truth.” In their sentence it was stated that they
had been rebaptized, contrary to the royal decree,
also, that they had erred from the true faith, and
united with heretics, and that they were therefore
sentenced to be burned with fire. The executioner
then placed each at a stake, and strangled and
burned them. Thus they finished their course, and
are now lying under the altar, awaiting the reward
of their sufferings.





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