# Lucas De Groot Hanged, A. D. 1568.

1568 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: LUCAS DE GROOT HANGED, A. D. 1568.

Source heading; not independently verified

In the year 1568, a brother named Lucas de Groot,
a native of Ostend, in Flanders, was apprehended
there for the testimony of the truth, and after he
had boldly confessed his faith, and, would unwaveringly
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adhere to it, he was sentenced to be
strangled and burned; the judges, however, afterwards
changing their mind, Lucas was hanged to
the gallows, in contempt of the believers.





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