Martyr of Gorkum

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Jules Dobbelaere (1822–1885): Execution of the Martyrs of Gorkum , leaded glass window in St. Josef, Haarlem

The Martyrs of Gorkum are a group of 19 mostly Dutch Catholic priests and religious, 1572 in Gorkum of Calvinist Geusen captured and after abuse and torture in Brielle hung were. You are among the saints of the Catholic Church ; her feast day is July 9th.

history

1568 began Eighty Years' War , in which the Protestant Dutch, the Spanish, Catholic reign of Philip II. Sought to shake off. On April 1, 1572, the Geusen conquered the city ​​of Brielle from the sea under Wilhelm II von der Mark , called Lumey, the representative of William of Orange , and then large parts of the provinces of Zeeland and Holland . Gorkum (Gorinchem) also fell in June. In addition to the city clergy and the Franciscan convent, there were other secular and religious priests from the surrounding area. All of them were taken to Gorkum prison on June 26th, where they were subjected to severe abuse until July 6th to deny the bodily presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and the primacy of the Pope . Since they - with the exception of Canon Pontus Heuterus - did not revoke, they were brought to Brielle in a show transport, interrogated and tortured there again, and on July 9th, by order of Wilhelm von der Mark, they were hanged. The latter disregarded a letter from William of Orange to leave priests and religious unmolested, which had previously reached him. The mutilated bodies were thrown into a ditch.

Adoration

Brussels reliquary

Miracles at the place of martyrdom were soon told of. Some of the remains were secretly brought to Brussels in 1616 to the Franciscan monastery there. On November 24, 1675 Pope said Clement X , the Martyrs of Gorkum blessed , June 29, 1867 took place the canonization of Pius IX. The Brussels relics from the Franciscan monastery that was closed during the French Revolution were recovered in a neo-Gothic gold shrine in the nearby St. Nicholas Church .

The martyrs

Franciscan

priest

  • Nicolaas Pieck, Guardian
  • Hieronymus van Weert
  • Theodor van der Eem
  • Nicasius Janssen
  • Willehad de Deen (Dane)
  • Godefridus van Melver
  • Antonius van Hoornaar
  • Antonius van Weert
  • Franciscus de Roy

Lay brothers

  • Petrus van der Slagmolen
  • Cornelis van Wijk

Augustinian canon

  • Johannes Lenaerts

Dominican

Premonstratensians

  • Adrianus Janssen
  • Jacobus Lacops

Secular priest

  • Leonardus Veghel
  • Nicolas Poppel
  • Godefridus van Duynen
  • Andreas Wouters

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