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Gerrit Vermandele (d. 1569)Gerrit (Gheert) Vermandele (van Mandel), an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake in Antwerp on 30 March 1569, together with Willem de Clercq and Pieter Verlonge. He was a weaver, originally from Kortrijk, Flanders, 26 years of age; he lived for a number of years at Borgerhout near Antwerp; he had been (re)baptized four years before by Hendrik van Arnhem in a wood near Antwerp. He and his companions were arrested while holding a meeting in the house of Jan Poote at Borgerhout. Gerrit refused to give details about the congregation. He remained steadfast in his faith and died faithfully. BibliographyBraght, 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, 415. 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: 766. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: XII, 341, 369, 393, 439; XIV, 64-65, No. 713. Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 11. 
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