Lauwereys van Rentergem (d. 1569)
Lauwereys (Laurens) van Rentergem was an Anabaptist martyr who was executed at Ghent, Belgium in 1569 with four other Anabaptists. The exact date and method of execution are not mentioned in the martyr books; Verheyden (Gent, 56) did not find this martyr in the official records. This martyr is named in the hymn "Als men schreef duyst vijfhonclert jaer, ende twee en tsestich mede," in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II, 407.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 759. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 653.
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