Joos van de Walle (ca. 1528-1560)
Joos van de Walle was an Anabaptist martyr burned at the stake on the Vrijdagsmarkt at Ghent, Belgium, on 2 March 1560, together with four others. Joos was a citizen of Ghent, and was 32 years of age. It could not be ascertained whether Joos van de Walle belonged to that van de Walle family of which a number of members died as Anabaptist martyrs.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 26, No. 71.
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