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1561 · Source account

Koolaert, The Cooper, A. D. 1561.

From Martyrs’ Mirror

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At Honschote, in Flanders, there was apprehended for the truth, in the year 1561, a brother named Koolaert the cooper, who, after freely confessing his faith, was taken to Wijnoxberge, and as he also there, notwithstanding the tortures inflicted upon him, would depart neither to the right nor to the left, he was sentenced to death, and burnt alive, about St. Martin’s day, for the testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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KOOLAERT, THE COOPER, A. D. 1561.

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